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CHAMPAIGN — People needing to safely rid themselves of documents with personal information or prescription medication can do so in one place later this month.
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Shawn Bransky will begin his new post overseeing health care services for more than 150,000 veterans in 30 counties in Illinois and Indiana on May 28.

DANVILLE — Veterans Affairs Illiana Healthcare System has a new director to oversee health care services for more than 150,000 veterans in 30 counties in Illinois and Indiana.

According to court filing posted late Tuesday, the bus company will wind down its accounting over the next four to eight weeks and will then be dissolved, 'hopefully no later than July 31,' owner Dennis Toeppen wrote.

CHAMPAIGN — Local bus company Suburban Express has shut down all operations effective Tuesday, according to a court filing from owner Dennis Toeppen posted late in the day.

Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 127th day of 2019. There are 238 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its role in World War II.
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Today is Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, the old Piatt County Fairgrounds a mile north of the courthouse in Monticello was put up for auction due to indebtedness.
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Attendeese at the Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana's 25th annual Pancake Breakfast, set for May 18 at Bromley Hall on the University of Illinois campus, will get a chance to wish Lou Henson well.

Mark your calendars: The Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana is hosting its 25th annual Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. May 18 at Bromley Hall on the University of Illinois campus.

Following an hourlong discussion during a special meeting Monday night, the Champaign school board voted 7-0 to increase the budget for the project from its 2016 level of $63.3 million to $71.493 million.

CHAMPAIGN — The price tag for improvements at Centennial High School has gone up by more than $8 million.

Sacred Heart Medical Center is providing the nurses and other clinical staff for admitted patients to the StepOne Service, while Evergreen HealthCare Partners is supplying the clinical guidelines and program and care managers.

Community-relations specialist James Preston told the city council Monday that if everything goes right, the Urbana Youth High School Program could start as early as June, with a dozen students.

URBANA — The success of Champaign's Goal Getters program has led Urbana school officials and community members to start their own pilot program — with an Urbana twist.

The Micro and Nanotechnology Lab is being named for Nick Holonyak Jr., inventor of the first visible LED and other breakthroughs that have transformed technology.

URBANA — One of the most accomplished — and colorful — scholars to work at the University of Illinois now has a building named in his honor.