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 Champaign woman charged in armed robbery; two men also sought |
URBANA - A Champaign woman has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery Friday afternoon on the city's west side. Two men are also wanted in connection with the case, according to a police report. Petition asks Champaign council to repeal housing rule on convictions |
CHAMPAIGN - More than 700 Champaign residents have signed a petition asking city council members to repeal a section of the city code that allows for housing discrimination against people with prior felony convictions. Champaign's Luke Smith is so much more than a few choice words |
READ: The time Luke Smith accompanied his cousin with autism to the prom CHAMPAIGN - Sitting roughly 20 rows behind the Louisville dugout at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., Tim Smith watched his son walk off the mound on Friday night. Urbana council gives initial OK to $17M plan to renovate Landmark Hotel |
URBANA - In what officials hope will be the first step to transforming the entire Lincoln Square area, aldermen voted unanimously Monday to advance a plan that would return the Landmark Hotel to its intended use. Second kindergarten-readiness report finds similar ratio of kids unprepared |
Once again, just 1 in 4 children are adequately prepared for what's ahead when they enter kindergarten, according to new Year 2 readiness data from the Illinois State Board of Education. Christensen verdict: 'A step toward justice ... and a step toward closure' |
PEORIA - More than two years after Yingying Zhang was last seen, and after listening to eight days of testimony from 35 witnesses, it took a federal jury less than two hours Monday to convict Brendt Christensen of kidnapping and killing her. Parkland summer camp has students getting hands dirty with science |
CHAMPAIGN - There's not much that will make elementary- and middle-schoolers want to go back to class during summer break, but Parkland College's "Messy Science" camp might do the trick. Monticello council denies permit for solar farm at middle school |
MONTICELLO - The city council on Monday night turned back a conditional-use permit that would have green-lit construction of a solar farm at Monticello Middle School. The school district had proposed a 4.98-acre ground-based farm it estimated could save $1.2 million in utility costs over 25 years. Danville looking to strengthen stance on 'gambling cafes' |
DANVILLE - With development of a Danville casino and statewide expansion of video gambling on the horizon, city leaders want to solidify their longtime stance against allowing so-called "gambling cafes" in town. |
 www.commercial-news.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article www.commercial-news.com - RSS Results in section(s) news,news/* only for asset type(s) of article Mattoon teacher named Carnegie Hero by By Kaitlin Cordes Effingham Daily News 25 Jun 2019 at 12:48pm The Mattoon High School teacher who subdued a gun-wielding student at the school in 2017 was named one of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission's Carnegie Medal recipients.  A lifeline for veterans by BY MARY WICOFF mwicoff@dancomnews.com 25 Jun 2019 at 5:43am DANVILLE ? A three-part event on Saturday will raise money to help veterans cope through exercise. City officials to discuss gambling expansion bill by BY JENNIFER BAILEY jbailey@dancomnews.com 25 Jun 2019 at 5:41am DANVILLE ? As local officials wait for Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker to sign the bill with a casino license for Danville, Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. says he will have a presentation on the casino procurement process at the July? Yoga class helps vets relieve stress by STAFF REPORT 25 Jun 2019 at 5:40am DANVILLE ? Veterans will have a chance to relieve stress through yoga on Thursday, which is National PTSD Awareness Day. Oakwood plans bigger fireworks display by BY CAROL ROEHM croehm@dancomnews.com 25 Jun 2019 at 5:40am OAKWOOD ? Oakwood is known for pulling out all the stops for Fourth of July, and this year?s celebration promises to be better than ever, according to the event?s organizers. Purdue Extension offers mental health training by Staff Report 25 Jun 2019 at 5:00am HILLSDALE, Ind. ? Purdue Extension-Vermillion County will offer Mental Health First Aid training on Sept. 26 at Salem United Methodist Church, 3456 E. 1050 S., Hillsdale, located on Indiana Route 63, across from Elanco. Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar by By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press 24 Jun 2019 at 4:32pm PEORIA ? Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict Monday at the federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student who killed a visiting scholar from China after abducting her at a bus? AFSCME members ratify new state contract by By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois 24 Jun 2019 at 3:29pm SPRINGFIELD ? Nearly 40,000 state employees will receive long-awaited pay raises and many will receive back pay for raises they did not receive for the past four years under a new labor agreement that was ratified last week. New laws put strict limits on cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions by By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois 24 Jun 2019 at 3:26pm SPRINGFIELD ? Republicans and Democrats agree that new state laws will make Illinois the strictest state in the nation for imposing limitations on cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Police reports 24 Jun 2019 at 12:11pm Incidents reported to police include: Fire calls 24 Jun 2019 at 12:05pm Firefighters responded to the following calls: Oregon Street to close briefly Tuesday by Staff Report 24 Jun 2019 at 11:57am The City of Danville announces a contractor has requested a two-hour closure of Oregon Avenue from the intersection of East Fairchild Street and Michigan Avenue to Daniel Street from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. TuesdayDuring this time the contractor will? Breast-cancer study seeks local women by BY MARY WICOFF mwicoff@dancomnews.com 23 Jun 2019 at 5:40am DANVILLE ? Women in the area have the chance to participate in a landmark study looking at screening methods for breast cancer. Griffis: Illiana Genealogist includes military details 23 Jun 2019 at 5:00am The Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society?s (IGHS) most recent issue of its quarterly publication, Illiana Genealogist (Vol. 55, No. 2, Summer 2019), has been sent to society members and includes an interesting variety of articles. Askren: We need to show love to one another 23 Jun 2019 at 5:00am Good Sunday morning, everyone! Another mass shooting with many lives lost in Virginia a few weeks ago, it?s unimaginable. Going to work as they always did; it should have been a safe place. The shooter, also employed with the city? Wargo: Lions Club helped create Williamsport Park 23 Jun 2019 at 5:00am Today, the Williamsport Park is home to the Warren County 4-H fair, a swimming pool, the senior citizen building, playground, a new shelter house, parks program, baseball diamonds, tennis and basketball courts. Viscofan workers go on strike by Staff Report 22 Jun 2019 at 6:25am DANVILLE ? More than 240 workers at Danville?s Viscofan USA began a strike Friday. The plant at 915 N. Michigan Ave., makes casings for food products.  Key to Road Safety by BY CAROL ROEHM croehm@dancomnews.com 22 Jun 2019 at 5:44am DANVILLE ? A Danville High School student group brought home a third-place award for their Project Ignition: Be the Key to Road Safety project earlier this month at an international competition.  'Gin Game' raises funds by BY MARY WICOFF mwicoff@dancomnews.com 22 Jun 2019 at 5:42am DANVILLE ? Theater-goers will get a double treat next weekend. VERMILION COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE 22 Jun 2019 at 5:40am OAKWOOD ? With the theme, ?Carnival Lights and Country Nights,? the Vermilion County Fair continues at the fairgrounds off U.S. Route 150 west of Danville. Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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