Clock tower's contractor will pay for jury snafu

URBANA – Neither jurors nor taxpayers will be stuck with the bill for a communications snafu at the Champaign County Courthouse.

Presiding Judge Tom Difanis ordered 66 would-be jurors sent home June 2 because the jury assembly room, just below the courthouse's clock tower, was filled with workers and equipment being used for the tower's renovation.

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