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Thad Matta, the pride of Hoopeston, is joining select company at Ohio State. The Buckeyes basketball coach from 2005-17 is one of 10 in the school's 2019 Hall of Fame class.

THAD MATTA, the pride of Hoopeston, is joining select company at Ohio State.
The Buckeyes basketball coach from 2005-17, Matta is one of 10 in the school's 2019 Hall of Fame class.

Local farmers have rushed to plant in the small pockets of dry weather available this spring.

It was all hands on deck at Dennis Riggs' family farm late last week, when sons Darin and Matthew took the afternoon off work at Riggs Beer Company, which they own, to plant crops and finish a planting season that has gone much later than typical years.

They asked to have recordings from the wire his girlfriend was wearing put on headphones to avoid the poor acoustics in the courtroom. Judge James Shadid said he would consider it.

Adams Outdoor Advertising has teamed up with the National Weather Service to alert drivers to any tornado warning in effect within 20 miles of each one.

CHAMPAIGN — When you're driving with your windows closed, air conditioning cranked and music blasting, you may not always hear the screech of tornado sirens.

Of that amount, $70 million will be directly appropriated to help meet minimum staffing requirements. The other $170 million will update the reimbursement formula for support costs such as food, utilities, maintenance and equipment.

In this week's edition of our feature spotlighting area religious leaders, staff writer Tim Mitchell talks with the Rev. Luke Spannagel, pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Urbana, who is leaving Wednesday to take over two churches in Rock Island.

Sunday is Farewell to Father LUKE SPANNAGEL Day at St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

Gary Stamp, a 1962 graduate of Monticello High School, was known worldwide for both his military veterinary career and the work he did to improve and expand the specialty area of veterinary emergency and critical care.

SAN ANTONIO — The week before Gary Stamp passed away, his longtime friend and colleague in veterinary medicine, Ira Zaslow, came to visit him.

Among report's other suggestions: comprehensive history of the Chief Illiniwek tradition and dedicating a site to the Native American tribes who once lived on lands now owned by the university.

Jaquaveon Faust, 22, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting death of 16-year-old David Sankey.

CHAMPAIGN — Police on Thursday made a second arrest in an August 2018 murder.
About 12:35 p.m., Champaign detectives and members of the Street Crimes Task Force arrested Jaquaveon Faust, 22, of Champaign in connection with the Aug. 28 fatal shooting of 16-year-old David Sankey.

"Aluminum Overcast," the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17G Flying Fortress, during a stop on the group's B-17 tour at Willard Airport Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Savoy.