Nominating petitions available Monday for school elections

Residents interested in running for the Champaign or Urbana school board or the Parkland College board of trustees may pick up nominating petitions beginning Monday.

The Champaign and Urbana school boards each have three seats up for election next April. In Champaign, they are currently filled by Nathaniel Banks, Arlene Blank and Dave Tomlinson. In Urbana, they are filled by Cope Cumpston in Subdistrict 4, Ruth Ann Fisher in Subdistrict 3 and Mark Netter in Subdistrict 5.

Also on this date

• St. Joseph third-graders spend time on the farm
• Appeals court: Champaign council's closed session was legal
• UI student trustees await decision on binding vote
• Savoy prepares for Curtis Road project
• Firefighters battle blaze at chemical storage building
• Labor leader asks in speech for race to be left out of election
• Tolono shop owner paints his political message
• Constitutional convention debated at the UI
• Bement board approves water tower inspection
• Obituaries

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