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The groups say the event, set for Wednesday, is 'critical' in the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 and injured seven and Saturday's shooting at a synagogue in a community north of San Diego, Calif., that killed a woman and injured three.

Legislators are scheduled to return for the final portion of the session today. They are tentatively set to finish their work on May 31.

By PETER HANCOCKphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

Whether the city of Champaign needed help or not, the project still provided aspiring architects with a perfect scale for exploring basic ideas of land form, materials and composition, said Professor Conor O'Shea.

There is the potential for several inches of rain falling on already saturated ground, which may lead to flash flooding.

The National Weather Service says most of East Central Illinois will be under a flash flood watch starting Tuesday evening.
The watch includes Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, and Shelby counties. It will be in effect until Wednesday evening.

Bob and Jody Gordon, who have traveled the country this spring to cheer on baseball-playing son Tanner, won't need to gas up to watch him pitch Saturday. The Indiana Hoosiers right-hander is scheduled to start against the Illini in Champaign.

Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2019. There are 245 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.
On this date
In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.
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Today is Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, Urbana city officials protested that a recent exhibit of the trophies from the Great War made a stop in Champaign but failed to come to Urbana.
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Alexus Hasler, 26, of Champaign pleaded guilty Monday to theft between $10,000 and $100,000, admitting that she made fake refunds while working as a bookkeeper at ValuCheck in Champaign.

URBANA — A Champaign woman who told police she stole almost $18,000 from her employer to pay family bills has been given a chance to avoid a felony conviction.

David Schnelle said Monday that he tendered his letter of resignation to Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. on Friday. On Monday, Williams confirmed the resignation, saying the city will 'begin a search for our new city engineer post haste.'

DANVILLE — After 14 years in city government, Danville's director of community development and head engineer is resigning to start his own firm.

URBANA — They can't ticket, but they still want you to click it.
Students with the Urbana High School driver-education program will be monitoring the school's drop-off line Tuesday morning, checking to see whose seat belts are on and whose aren't.
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