The 45-year-old former Minneapolis police officer was immediately led away with his hands cuffed behind his back and could be sent to prison for decades.
Says 35-year-old Maryland native Taren Nance, whose hire was approved Tuesday night by the Urbana school board: “I’m not a principal that just sees kids when you’re in trouble. No, I’m coming to you when you’re good. I’m asking you to talk to me. ... I’m going to be everywhere you are, because I want you to know that you have a guy who’s truly in your corner."
Total doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 145,678 (+1,795) ... DeWitt, 8,258 (+16) ... Douglas, 9,483 (+89) ... Ford, 8,028 (+113) ... Iroquois, 13,904 (+138) ... Piatt, 10,296 (+21) ... Vermilion, 34,255 (+133).
Active cases held 442 Tuesday in Champaign County. The ZIP codes/towns with the most: 61820/Champaign, 118 (+10) ... 61821/Champaign, 86 (-7) ... 61801/Urbana, 55 (+2) ... 61802/Urbana, 44 (+4) ... 61822/Champaign, 38 (-6) ... Rantoul, 27 (+1) ... Mahomet, 20 (—) ... Tolono, 11 (—) ... Savoy, 10 (—).
"The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and too many others this past year alone are the unacceptable consequence of our current system of policing and criminal justice," UI administrators wrote in a mass email
Among those weighing in on a hot higher ed topic: UI Law Dean Vikram Amar, UI Institute of Government & Public Affairs Director Robin Fretwell Wilson, UI Professor Michael LeRoy.
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"The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo and too many others this past year alone are the unacceptable consequence of our current system of policing and criminal justice," UI administrators wrote in a mass email
Among those weighing in on a hot higher ed topic: UI Law Dean Vikram Amar, UI Institute of Government & Public Affairs Director Robin Fretwell Wilson, UI Professor Michael LeRoy.
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Champaign County added 55 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with 4,644 new tests reported in the past day.
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Parkland College is looking into opening a testing site, spokeswoman Stephanie Stuart said.
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