63 deaths statewide include Ford County man in 90s ... Seven-day positivity rates hold in Champaign County (0.5%), Region 6 (7.3%), on UI campus (0.2%). State rate jumps from 5.6% to 6.1% ... Rise in Rantoul cases linked to 69-case outbreak at Lincoln's Challenge Academy ... In Champaign County, hospitalizations unchanged (7), active cases down five (301), recovered up 51 (5,523), close contacts in quarantine up 35 (1,082).
63 deaths statewide include Ford County man in 90s ... Seven-day positivity rates hold in Champaign County (0.5%), Region 6 (7.3%), on UI campus (0.2%). State rate jumps from 5.6% to 6.1% ... Rise in Rantoul cases linked to 69-case outbreak at Lincoln's Challenge Academy ... In Champaign County, hospitalizations unchanged (7), active cases down five (301), recovered up 51 (5,523), close contacts in quarantine up 35 (1,082).
URBANA — There was a time in Melvin Miller Jr.’s life when he’d wake up every day feeling sick and thinking about two things:
October in the Windy City? Yes, please!
Tetens pleaded guilty to manufacture or delivery of cannabis, admitting that on Feb. 19, 2019, he had about 50 to 60 grams of cannabis in various forms in his home.
In a memo to the council, city staff said the Black Lives Matter mural would be considered “government speech,” so it wouldn’t be making the street a free-speech zone.
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MAHOMET — Mahomet-Seymour school board members agreed to take another step toward the potential redevelopment of a property on the community’s southeast side.
More serious charges of criminal sexual assault and aggravated domestic battery were dismissed. Alferink said the victim wanted the case resolved in that manner.
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Champaign Central’s chess club is going strong despite not playing face-to-face.
New cases: 3,874 statewide, 63 in Vermilion, 60 in Champaign, 30 in Douglas, 23 on UI campus, 1 in Ford ... Among counties on IDPH warning list: Douglas, Ford, Moultrie, Vermilion ... 7-day rates: 0.2% on campus, 0.5% in Champaign Co., 7.3% in Region 6, 5.6% in state.
Preps coordinator Colin Likas is keeping tabs on local football programs despite the sport's 2020 season being delayed. In Week 9 — Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley coach Mike Allen and defensive coordinator Chad Augspurger.
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In a memo to the council, city staff said the Black Lives Matter mural would be considered “government speech,” so it wouldn’t be making the street a free-speech zone.
Can you identify the screenshot of this home from a movie or TV show?
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It’s a big step forward — but there are still miles to go.
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