Jury rules police chief entitled to $2.1 million

URBANA – A jury has decided that a local preservation organization and the city of Tuscola owe Tuscola Police Chief Craig Hastings more than $2.1 million for injuries Hastings received during a fall at the old North Ward School building in 2004.

A Champaign County jury ruled on Tuesday that the Preservation and Conservation Association of Champaign County owes Hastings $1,482,616.80 and the city of Tuscola owes him $635,407.23, although Hastings didn't sue the city.

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