At a special meeting Thursday, the new-look Unit 4 board unanimously approved BTW alumna Cessily Thomas (pictured) as the new principal at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy and Cynthia Watson as the new principal at Edison Middle School.
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  Murderer Sentenced to 45 Years for Stabbing
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 Corvette Cruisers of Illinois CAR SHOW FOR VETERANS; Saturday, May 17th at VA Illiana Health Care
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SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Chris Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session and a tightening fiscal landscape. 
Champaign County Judge Roger Webber dismissed mob action charges against Yafa Issa after the state rested its case, saying the "evidence falls woefully short" of demonstrating that she was involved in any kind of violent activity. 
Vermilion County Judge Mark Goodwin said Jesse Landers, 44, must serve all of the 45-year sentence and will be required to serve three years of mandatory supervised release after his term of imprisonment. 
Issued shortly after 1 p.m. today MultimediaThe LatestAt a special meeting Thursday, the new-look Unit 4 board unanimously approved BTW alumna Cessily Thomas (pictured) as the new principal at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy and Cynthia Watson as the new principal at Edison Middle School.
SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Chris Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session and a tightening fiscal landscape. Champaign County Judge Roger Webber dismissed mob action charges against Yafa Issa after the state rested its case, saying the "evidence falls woefully short" of demonstrating that she was involved in any kind of violent activity.
Vermilion County Judge Mark Goodwin said Jesse Landers, 44, must serve all of the 45-year sentence and will be required to serve three years of mandatory supervised release after his term of imprisonment.
Issued shortly after 1 p.m. today The Urbana project is one of four applications that were awarded a total of $9.6 million through the Illinois New Stores in Food Deserts Grant Program. 
Police chief: Too early to tell if the incident might have been accidental “or something else was involved.” Throughout her 32-year career as a special education teacher, Jennifer Nolan has taught everything from the most basic life skills, like using utensils to eat, to teaching math and reading. After a long stretch teaching at Salt Fork schools, the Danville native has taught at Tuscola High School for the last five years. This week's the Bailey Buzz has information on a Vermilion County War Museum event, Laura Lee Fellowship House fundraiser and the new director of the Women's Care Clinic. 
A reader’s question sent me down a J. Mark Powell-type rabbit hole. The village of Savoy has reached an agreement with the developer of a new downtown square, though the two parties have yet to determine a dollar amount for incentives. 
CHAMPAIGN — This being national Mental Health Awareness Month, members of area police departments used their time at the Champaign County Community Coalition on Wednesday to champion co-response teams. The pilgrimage, which starts May 18 in Indianapolis, will travel north in Illinois and then west across cross country, ending in Los Angeles. 
“The goal there is that we’re bringing that specialty pediatric orthopedic care closer to home for those families.” Retired U.S. Paralympian Nichole Millage, a Parkland College graduate who has won four medals, will address the Class of 2025 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Today is Thursday, May 15, 2025. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: Thanks to the crew at Broeren Russo for volunteering at this week's C-U Kiwanis Tom Jones Challenger League games. 
“This growing national instability poses a serious risk to Illinois’ continued economic progress and outlook," said Deputy Gov. Andy Manar. 
Ameren Illinois, which has about 800,000 downstate customers, requested an increase that translates to between $8 to $10 higher monthly bills for a typical residential customer. Among the Big Ten's 2025 commencement speakers: Steve Carrel (Northwestern), Snoop Dogg (USC), Derek Jeter (Michigan), Robert Jones (UI) and, yes, Kermit the Frog (Maryland, alma mater of the late Jim Henson) ... UI study: 8% of high school seniors surveyed report binge-drinking ... $150M donor Larry Gies among UI's honorary degree recipients ... $5 on Brad Underwood's Illini to win it all would pay out $255 if they do. 
Illinois and Oklahoma State tied for the top spot at Atkins Golf Club in Urbana The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is one of D.C.’s biggest bashes of the year, when the paparazzi and the glitterati come together, and there's a woman who has one foot in each camp. Charlie’s great-grandfather came from northern Germany in 1856. It was recorded in family records that the reason for immigration was “conflict with the emperor.” “We have a very close-knit community. Very, very low crime rate, and we are currently in a position due to development to have big growth,” he said. Danville High School students' all-day access to their cell phones could be changing as early as next school year. A long-debated no cell phone policy has already been implemented in other Vermilion County schools and also Danville School District 118's Kenneth D. Bailey Academy, alternative school. State legislature also has been moving forward to ban phones during class times. 
An investigation by The New York Times and The Illinois Answers Project shows that many cities in Illinois have turned crime-free housing programs into a blunt instrument to oust families for virtually any alleged infraction, no matter how minor. URBANA — An Urbana youth became the third teen to plead guilty in the 2023 death of 16-year-old Montrell Emery on Monday. Today is Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: Illinois coaches get extensions that will keep them in C-U into the start of the next decade Ludlow Fire Chief Nathan Quinlan said the injured man, whose name was not released, was on the tractor when there was an apparent malfunction in the transmission about 3:25 p.m. 
According to the lawsuits, recently enacted policies at the U.S. departments of Homeland Security and Transportation illegally tie grant funding for items such as natural disaster recovery and road construction to whether the state participates in federal immigration enforcement. 
UPDATE: Police Chief Larry D. Boone said that Alderman Chris Evans' suggestion that he is not committed to the city is "flat-out wrong." UPDATE: Thursday's agenda includes three action items — the appointment of principals at Booker T. Washington and Edison and campus-level administrators at Centennial and Franklin STEAM Academy. But as it customary, including when the principal appointments were first added to the agenda, in April, no names were included. Police were called to the facility, where the property manager said that through a remote feed of security cameras, people had been seen at multiple times through the early morning hours inside the fence of the property, stealing items from the storage sheds. Judge Mark S. Goodwin heard evidence that on Sept. 22, Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department received a report that Johnson had battered a household member. 
Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden identified the man as 51-year-old Christopher S. Dyszkewicz of Danville. Said Crawford, “We have seen an increase in the number of people seeking help (due to) the ... inflationary forces that are affecting the economy.” 
Retiring Vermilion County Clerk Cathy Jenkins has served since 2014 and was most recently elected again in 2022. When we bought our old fridge, our son was 15 months old and the birth of our daughter was 3 years away. Over the next two decades, it became our canvas with no open space left unfilled. A nationally known muralist, Portland, Maine-based artist Ryan Adams is excited to try his talented hands at something new starting today in Champaign. Today is Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: 
The latest former Illini to answer our call for thoughts on Brad Underwood’s international roster rebuild: Bradley-Bourbonnais product Chris Gandy, who started 61 games for ’90s teams coached by Lou Henson and Lon Kruger. Lindsey Light was elected to replace Clayton Woodard, who unexpectedly resigned last week. Students partner with Mahomet chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to construct bed frames for kids in need. 
Carle Health has confirmed 612 employees from Health Alliance and fellow subsidiary FirstCarolinaCare will be laid off starting on July 8. 
The city of Champaign is considering requests to designate John Street between Sixth Street and Wright Street as "Honorary Dean Clarence Shelley Way." 
The families of Danville residents Lacy K. Williams, 32, and William J. Rudy, 67, have been notified. Results are pending from the autopsies. |
 Governor warns Pennsylvanians will lose health care, hospitals will close under GOP cuts to MedicaidGov. Josh Shapiro is warning that cuts to Medicaid health care that Congress is considering would mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid… 
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