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The suit had already been put on hold for two years at the behest of the county, according to a response filed Tuesday by Presence Central and Suburban Hospitals Network, which used to own what is now OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center.

URBANA — The former owner of OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center wants to move ahead on its 4-year-old legal dispute over property taxes.

Hundreds of local women are participating in the nationwide Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, which aims to test if the new technology finds more of the breast cancers that are likely to be life-threatening than 2D mammograms do.

Mark Toalson told council members that the best way to protect the city's system is to add redundant infrastructure that could keep vital functions online during an attack, but for now, his department has been investing in training, hardware and software.

NEW: Christensen’s lawyers have just filed a motion to continue the trial in light of the civil lawsuit filed by the estate of Ms. Zhang last week against two University of Illinois Counseling Center counselors.

Nathan A. Ingold, 37, is being held in the Macon County Jail in Decatur following his appearance June 5 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric Long in Urbana.

URBANA — A St. Joseph man is due back in federal court later this month after being criminally charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.

Al-Rahman Woods, 42, now of Normal, pleaded guilty in February; the prosecutor told the judge that he entered into the 'generous compromise' of a plea bargain to spare forcing the victim to testify.

Imani Hall, 21, pleaded guilty Tuesday to forgery, admitting that on April 4, he distributed counterfeit $100 bills at the mall in Champaign.

URBANA — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to two years of second-chance probation after pleading guilty to forgery.

Travis Vandiver, 31, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentence July 15 for arson. He admitted setting a fire May 2, 2018, in his building after drinking alcohol.

URBANA — An Urbana man who admitted to setting a fire in his own apartment building over a year ago while angry faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison when sentenced next month.

Tuesday morning at the federal courthouse in Peoria, 12 jurors were selected from a pool of 70 that was built up over six days of questioning.

PEORIA — Seven men and five women will decide the fate of Brendt Christensen, who's been charged with the 2017 kidnapping and killing of visiting University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang.

A look at daily life in central Illinois through the lens of the News-Gazette photographers.