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NEW: On April 16, he googles “serial killer list America” and visited the Wikipedia page on the list of serial killers ranked by the number of victims.

UPDATE: 12:30 p.m.
Among the testimony of a computer forensic examiner who went through Christensen’s relevant computer activity from February 2017 to June 30, 2017, the day he was arrested:

Day four of the trial of Brendt Christensen Monday, June 17, 2019.

One of the first things I did on Thursday morning was check how the Stanley Cup Finals played out in the pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Boston Globe.

One of the first things I did on Thursday morning was check how the Stanley Cup Finals played out in the pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Boston Globe.

For Kacie Fisher, James Wood Jr. was more than a fiance. He was the loyal supporter who saw her through kidney failure, dialysis, a stroke and bariatric surgery. And even though he died earlier this month, a part of him remains with her for life.

CHAMPAIGN — For Kacie Fisher, James Wood Jr. was more than a fiance.

Today is Monday, June 17, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, the Urbana and Champaign Gas and Electric Company applied in Springfield for an increase in streetcar rates.
In 1969, a 15-year-old girl, Mitzie Lancraeaux, successfully got four children out of a burning mobile home in Rantoul.
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Not new, just formalized. After a board vote this week on an operations agreement, that could be the status of the partnership between the Urbana school district and Champaign County Youth Assessment Center.

URBANA — Not new, just formalized.

Today is Monday, June 17, the 168th day of 2019. There are 197 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
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Veteran and businessman co-founded community's first black-owned and operated radio station.

CHAMPAIGN — At the time, there wasn't another radio station like it anywhere east of the Mississippi — African-American-owned and operated, giving a voice to the local black community.

Today is Sunday, June 16, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, the school of education at the University of Illinois was renamed the College of Education. For the first time, the discipline teaching received the same emphasis at the university as agriculture, engineering, commerce, medicine and law.
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