Six competing for three spots on Champaign council

CHAMPAIGN – The April 7 election will result in at least three and as many as five new faces on the nine-member Champaign city council.

– For District 1 in northeast Champaign, Freddie Gordon, 43, and William Kyles, 26, are competing for the seat being vacated after one term by Gina Jackson. The district is bounded generally from the city limits on the east to Prospect Avenue and from the north city limits south to University Avenue or Daniel Street.

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