After 27 years of being a police officer in Urbana and Champaign, Dave Shaffer is heading to Colorado to be a police chief and enjoy the outdoors.
A woman sleeping in her own home July 8 was awakened by a man put a metal object to her head, told her not to scream, then sexually assaulted her.
“What motivated me is two things: my involvement with service as a hospice chaplain for seniors and seeing how our tax dollars were being used to meet the material needs of everyday citizens, and the inspiration of the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders,” says the Rev. William Summerville.
"My goals are simply to help others and show them we are all human, we all deal with hard times and life is not always simple," says Tolono native Garrett Reveal.
“When it comes to coronavirus, what is the best thing that has worked, and it's masks. We know that masks worked last year,” said Tony Galbo said, who lost his five-year-old daughter, Gabby, to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in 2012. “If we're wrong, we're going to be back here asking why."
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"My goals are simply to help others and show them we are all human, we all deal with hard times and life is not always simple," says Tolono native Garrett Reveal.
“When it comes to coronavirus, what is the best thing that has worked, and it's masks. We know that masks worked last year,” said Tony Galbo said, who lost his five-year-old daughter, Gabby, to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in 2012. “If we're wrong, we're going to be back here asking why."
Evidence showed that on Oct. 22, 2017, Keys shot and killed Barbara Rose, then took steps to hide her body.
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Democrat Steve Summers of Urbana has announced he will run for Champaign County Executive next year.
The police department and the school district said it was temporarily suspending the school resource program due to a shortage of police officers.
“I want think about who we’re not serving and who we could potentially serve,” Venetria Patton says. “One takeaway from our experience with the pandemic is how can we better utilize online education for working adults.”
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