Ike's remnants strand motorists, tax emergency crews

CHAMPAIGN – Torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ike soaked Champaign-Urbana Sunday morning, flooding basements and viaducts and sending the Champaign Fire Department out to respond to numerous calls for help from motorists.

Rainfall varied from 3 to more than 6 inches over the weekend for some towns in Champaign County.

Also on this date

• Kirby Hospital buying land for new facility
• Champaign on road to utilizing natural gas for fleet
• Local Honda dealer seeks permission to sell natural-gas car
• Champaign County Board to look at cutting budget Thursday
• Champaign police seek information on beating
• Virginia prof to speak at UI on campus speech freedoms
• Head Start/Early Head Start gets rave reviews in federal report
• 2 arrested after police call stolen cell phone in Champaign
• Peer Ambassadors set meeting on juvenile justice system
• Obituaries

» More