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Lucas Hahn, 24, pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Heidi Ladd to possession with intent to deliver cannabis.

URBANA — A judge has ordered one of two people arrested in a Champaign drug bust to prison for three years.
Lucas Hahn, 24, pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Heidi Ladd to possession with intent to deliver cannabis.

Danville's planning and zoning commission has recommended a zoning change to allow the project to be built on 10 acres of undeveloped wooded property just north of the water-treatment plant on East Fairchild Street.

Kenichi Townsend, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated robbery.

URBANA — A Champaign man is headed to prison for eight years in connection with his role in a 2017 gas-station robbery in Savoy.
Kenichi Townsend, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated robbery, admitting his part in a Dec. 27, 2017, holdup at Circle K at 407 N. Dunlap Ave.

Officers also called to two other locations.

URBANA — Police are investigating the shooting of a 23-year-old man over the weekend.
Lt. Rich Surles said officers were called to Carle Foundation Hospital at around 3:40 a.m. Sunday for an Urbana man who had a gunshot wound to his right upper arm. Surles said his injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Illinois defensive end hurt in swimming accident

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois junior defensive end Bobby Roundtree suffered a severe spinal injury Saturday in a swimming accident near his home of Largo, Fla., and underwent surgery that night, according to a release from the Illini football team on Monday morning.

A 22-year-old man arrived at a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

CHAMPAIGN — A man was injured as a result of an early-morning shooting in Champaign.
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2019. There are 225 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.
On this date
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James Paul Lafary stayed on the ground, but saved many bomb crews from crashing after they came under attack.

PAXTON — James Paul Lafary stayed on the ground, but saved many bomb crews from crashing after they came under attack.
The 101-year-old World War II veteran served stateside and overseas during the "good war."

When people hear "virtual reality," many think of kids donning headsets to play video games. But Kesh Kesavadas is thinking about the endless applications that can be used to improve the lives of another demographic — senior citizens.

URBANA — When people hear "virtual reality," many think of kids donning headsets to play video games.

Today is Monday, May 20, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, area farmers raising Holsteins decide to form the Champaign County Holstein Breeders' Association during a meeting at the Farm Bureau Headquarters.
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