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This is Mental Health Awareness Week in Vermilion County, a time that's now set aside each year to raise awareness about the importance of recognizing signs of mental-health problems and eliminating the stigma that surrounds them.

DANVILLE — When someone is diagnosed with cancer, family members, friends, neighbors, even strangers step up to help and support them.

Dynegy officials notified the Army Corps of Engineers in writing May 13 that they are redesigning tje project as a result of discussions with the corps and the National Park Service, which is involved because the waterway is designated as a National Scenic River.

Quentin Larry, 27, pleaded guilty to burglary in an April 19, 2018, incident at a home in the 1200 block of West Church Street. In return for his plea, a more-serious charge of residential burglary was dismissed.

URBANA — A Champaign man who admitted his role in a break-in at a home in Urbana more than a year ago has been sentenced to 30 months of probation.

Randall S. Taylor, 35, pleaded guilty in January to burglary, admitting that on June 12, 2017, he took items from Naturescape, 2702 Hundman Drive.

URBANA — A Champaign County judge Monday sentenced a Springfield man to six years in prison for stealing equipment two years ago from a Champaign landscaping business.

Bids for roofing work at the high school and some parts of work for the middle school came in overbudget, board members learned Tuesday night.

URBANA — Mark the Urbana school district as another public body feeling the effects of an abundance of construction work in Champaign-Urbana.

The youth was charged in juvenile court last week with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon for the shooting death of Elijha Booker, 14.

URBANA — A 15-year-old who allegedly accidentally shot and killed a friend in northwest Champaign earlier this month has turned himself in.

Sentencing July 8 for Thomas W. Krigbaum, who has been held in the county jail since March 29.

URBANA — A man who admitted he tried to kidnap a former girlfriend at knifepoint in west Champaign about two months ago faces up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced later this summer.

Additional heavy rainfall is possible through tonight on ground that is nearly saturated in some places.

A flash flood watch is in effect for a portion of East Central Illinois through late Tuesday night.
The watch covers DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, and Shelby counties.

As promised, Bill Taylor got his first haircut since 2011. The 71-year-old celebrated his Parkland College degree at the Depot Barber Shop in downtown Champaign, the site of our pre-trim photo shoot.

As promised, BILL TAYLOR got his first haircut since 2011.

Today is Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, a new study showed that rents were going up in Champaign-Urbana.
In 1969, Glenn Salisbury was named the new director of the University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station.
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