"It’s exciting for us that what you’re seeing at the national level is showing at the local level with women in leadership, and we’re excited that in Unit 4, we’re going to have our first Black female superintendent," Champaign school board President Amy Armstrong says.
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His truck ran into the median and hit a concrete pillar connected to an overhead sign support.
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Region 6 will have to match all three metrics Thursday to advance to the less-restrictive Phase 4, which allows for gatherings of up to 50 people. ... Wednesday's new 7-day positivity rates: Champaign County, 5.5% (no change); Douglas, 4.7% (-1.0%); Ford, 6.3% (-0.7%); Iroquois, 5.9% (-0.4%); Piatt, 5.5% (-0.2%); Vermilion, 8.7% (no change); Region 6, 6.4% (-0.1%).
Total doses administered in area counties as of Wednesday: Champaign, 14,107 (up 1,410 overnight) ... Douglas, 842 (+65) ... Ford, 716 (+12) ... Iroquois, 1,494 (+66) ... Piatt, 945 (+40) ... Vermilion, 1,817 (+198).
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