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And prosecutors said that they may be able to present their case in eight days or less, more quickly than the 2 weeks they previously said it might take.

URBANA — Lawyers are expected to make their opening statements Wednesday in the trial of accused kidnapper and killer Brendt Christensen, U.S. District Judge James Shadid said at the third day of jury selection in Peoria.

URBANA — Champaign County property-tax bills should be arriving in the mail soon.
The county treasurer's office said the bills for 2018 taxes payable this summer were mailed Friday, so property owners should be getting them this week.
The first installment payment will come due July 1, according to the treasurer's office.
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Today is Thursday, June 6, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, local advocates of women's suffrage celebrated the U.S. Senate's approval of the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment resolution giving females the right to vote. The amendment still needed approval by three-fourths of the state legistlatures.
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Staff writer Paul Wood's 'Those Who Served' series has documented the lives and thoughts of a few local veterans who saw action on D-Day, and they're all saved for posterity at our special website, usveterans.news-gazette.com.

Today is Thursday, June 6, the 157th day of 2019. There are 208 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.
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New 5:49 p.m.:The weather service has trimmed the watch to southern counties, including Coles and Edgar.
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TUSCOLA — The Douglas County sheriff is warning residents about a telephone scam going on in the county.
Sheriff Joshua Blackwell said a woman reported taking a call from a man who identified himself as Deputy Toby Marshall with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and told her there was a warrant for her arrest.
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Today is Wednesday, June 5, the 156th day of 2019. There are 209 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 5, 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
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With the 75th anniversary of D-Day a day away, Susan Miceli, development manager at the Vermilion County War Museum in Danville, is urging parents to bring children to the museum's the D-Day room, put together by the late Jim Jones of Catlin.

By DAVE BURLESON

Today is Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, the Illinois Real Estate Dealers Association announced it would hold its convention in Champaign.
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