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Champaign County Crime Stoppers needs help finding the people breaking into storage units in Ogden and St. Joseph in the past six weeks.

URBANA — Champaign County Crime Stoppers needs help finding the people breaking into storage units in Ogden and St. Joseph in the past six weeks.

NEW: The jury has reached a verdict, which is expected to be announced at 2 p.m.

PEORIA — The jury has reached a verdict, which is expected to be announced at 2 p.m.
An email notifying the press was sent two hours after the jury began deliberating in the trial of Brendt Christensen.
He faces three charges:

With the first day of men's basketball practice still about three months away, fans are already craving news about Brad Underwood's third Illini team. That was the impetus for Illini beat writer Scott Richey's latest project — "Good Morning, Illini Nation."

Your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey, who will offer up insights every morning until practice tips off.

PODCAST: Inside Illini Basketball

Today is Monday, June 24, the 175th day of 2019. There are 190 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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'Toy Story 4' hits the screen with $118M debut.

NEW YORK — "Toy Story 4" brought the box office to life with a $118 million opening weekend after a three-week slump of underperforming sequels, but the Pixar film's below-expectations debut didn't quell continuing concerns about a rocky summer movie season.

Today is Monday, June 24, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
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The seventh annual AudioFeed Music Festival will run July 4-6 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds.

URBANA — A Christian music event featuring more than 140 different bands is returning to Urbana next week.
The seventh annual AudioFeed Music Festival will run July 4-6 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds.

Join the Navy and see the world. That was no exaggeration for Dale Smutz, 90. Smutz grew up in Danville and ran track. He continued to run every day he could — a lifelong habit.

DANVILLE — Join the Navy and see the world.
That was no exaggeration for Dale Smutz, 90. Smutz grew up in Danville and ran track. He continued to run every day he could — a lifelong habit.

A prominent politician's embrace of the ancient concepts of civility and compromise generated a hostile response.

A prominent politician's embrace of the ancient concepts of civility and compromise generated a hostile response.
The toxic nature of our politics has reached new heights in recent years, most specifically as it relates to President Donald Trump and his Democratic critics.