After a life on the road and on the West Coast, musician and painter Jerry Winters has found a community that has helped him process grief in small-town Arthur.
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With Tuesday marking the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, we asked historians, authors and others who’ve researched the deadly day: What were you most fascinated to learn about Dec. 7, 1941, that you weren’t taught in social studies class?
After a life on the road and on the West Coast, musician and painter Jerry Winters has found a community that has helped him process grief in small-town Arthur.
The Champaign Police Department is authorized to have 125 officers to protect its approximately 88,000 citizens but there are about 100 officers doing that job right now.
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“I immediately headed for home and didn’t even know where Pearl Harbor was,” said James Kelly, who will turn 100 on Dec. 29, of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Champaign Police Department is authorized to have 125 officers to protect its approximately 88,000 citizens but there are about 100 officers doing that job right now.
C-U at Home plans to provide emergency winter shelter at two churches for homeless people in the community who can’t be admitted to the agency's sober shelter in downtown Champaign.
All I know is we’re not going to forget those guys,' said Robbie C. Walker of Legion Post 559, Champaign, which will conduct a ceremony Sunday.
Today is Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Illinois 130 through Philo is expected to be blocked most of Saturday afternoon due to a fire that put a train engine out of service.
Ms. Duncan was driving a vehicle that collided with a second vehicle shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Piatt County roads 0 E and 1300 N, west of Allerton Park.
“Circumstances arose which caused the responding deputies to discharge their weapons,” said the Iroquois County sheriff.
St. Thomas More junior Maddy Swisher took up a sport her parents didn't play. Now they can't get enough tennis, especially when it comes to watching their daughter dominate the local scene.
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