Sobering lesson given on drinking, driving

Some high school students may down a couple of beers after prom or graduation and not think twice about it. Others may even have a drink at one party only to drive down the street to the next and think it is no big deal.

But Champaign County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Ford and several others who spoke at Central High School on Tuesday, made sure the juniors and seniors in the audience understood it was a very big deal. Someone could get seriously hurt.

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