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Brian Pruitt's comments came at his long-awaited new hearing for the Oct. 17, 1995, murders of Frank 'Pat' McNeely, 58, and Roberta 'Bobbie' McNeely, 57, who were also foster parents to the then-16-year-old.

Three of the plans would allow betting operators to set up wagering sites at or within five blocks of Guaranteed Rate Field, Soldier Field, United Center and Wrigley Field, with the approval of the teams that play there.

Instead of drilling separate holes for a system of pipes to bring up water heated or cooled under the earth, the project will embed loops in the foundation of a new 'smart' pedestrian bridge that will connect the lab to the Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory across West Main Street.

Jill Cappa and Emily Carter will each receive $500 grants from the foundation and recognition at the Napleton's Auto Park Teacher of the Year Ceremony later this month.

CHAMPAIGN — Jill Cappa knew it was coming.
The announcement of the yearly winners of the Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation's peer-recognition honors — or "Cupcake Awards" — happens every May.

Chad Billings, 45, was charged with aggravated robbery in the incident, which took place at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at the Homestead restaurant and bar.

URBANA — A Gifford man accused of robbing a business in that town over the weekend is due back in court July 9.

Quandrell Phagan, 40, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, admitting that on Nov. 28, he had 44 MDMA pills in his home.

URBANA — An Urbana man who admitted having Ecstasy that he intended to sell was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison.

Khalid Purnell, 18, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated battery with a firearm, admitting that he took part in a shooting Feb. 3 near the intersection of West Beardsley Avenue and North James Street.

URBANA — A Champaign man who admitted his role in a north Champaign shooting that happened earlier this year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The fatal shooting of Roosevelt Anderson Jr. at the Fair Oaks public housing complex.

DANVILLE — A second man is facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of Roosevelt Anderson Jr. at the Fair Oaks public housing complex two weeks ago.

Isaiah D. Cain, 28, turned himself in Tuesday, five days after a warrant had been issued in the first-degree murder of Scott Roth.

URBANA — A Champaign man wanted for the fatal shooting of another man more than a week ago has turned himself in to police.

As the last witness for the prosecution in the first-degree murder trial of Shoen Russell, 49, DeLong said before he could even introduce himself to Mr. Mitchell in the Carle emergency room, the gravely wounded man volunteered to him that "Shoen Russell shot me."

URBANA — A dying man told a Champaign police detective that Shoen Russell shot him last summer.