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Chris Rocker, who turns 100 on Saturday, is planning to celebrate with family and friends in Gifford, his lifelong home.

On Wednesdays, we publish milestones of all kinds. A sample:
Good news, Cubs fans.
CHRIS ROCKER, who has been around for more of their games than most any other Cubs fan in our area, likes their chances this season.

Today is Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
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Today is Wednesday, May 29, the 149th day of 2019. There are 216 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On May 29, 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
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It designates access to contraception, pregnancy benefits, abortion procedures, diagnostic testing and other related health care as a fundamental right, banning government from impairing that access for women and men.

By REBECCA ANZELranzel@news-gazette.com

Under shared-governance rules, the decision announced Friday by the Gies College of Business can't be enacted until it's thoroughly investigated by the Educational Policy Committee, which usually involves a public hearing, said Professor Eric Meyer, its incoming chairman.

Attorney Steve Beckett said Yingying Zhang's parents, Ronggao Zhang and Lifeng Ye, and her brother arrived in Champaign over the weekend and plan to be in Peoria on Monday for the start of jury selection in the trial of Brendt Christensen.

Annette Davis, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday to mob action. Prosecutors said she got in the man's face and hit him with an open hand, while another woman allegedly stabbed him in the chest.

URBANA — A Champaign woman who admitted taking part in an attack on her ex-boyfriend that left him with a punctured lung has been sentenced to probation.

Tom Bruno, Will Kyles, Angie Brix, Vanna Pianfetti, Matthew Gladney and Mayor Deb Feinen all lamented the idea of hiking rates but seemed resigned to it, while Alicia Beck proposed some of the boldest increases.

'It was February or March of 2018 — my seventh time in rehab — that I decided I can't keep doing this for the rest of my life. I'm missing out on everything,' said Brandon Unzicker, 24, of Urbana.

URBANA — Between ages 16 and 17, Brandon Unzicker was charged with eight burglaries, auto theft, intent to deliver drugs and escape.

It requires impoundment owners to submit a 'closure alternatives analysis' addressing several scenarios and options laid out in the legislation to the EPA, which would have the authority to choose the safest plan.