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Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2019. There are 221 days left in the year.
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On May 24, 1994, four Islamic fundamentalists convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
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Today is Friday, May 24, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
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Billiaman Rosenje, 20, pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery, admitting that on Nov. 17, he took part in punching a man inside a car on North Lincoln Avenue and robbing him of phones.

URBANA — An Urbana man who admitted he took part in mugging a man in a phone sale gone awry has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Diamond Smith, 24, of Urbana pleaded guilty Thursday to theft, admitting that on Feb. 14, 2018, she stole the deposit from Rogers & Hollands Jewelers at Market Place Mall.

URBANA — An Urbana woman who admitted stealing thousands of dollars from her former employer could escape a conviction if she successfully completes her sentence of court supervision.

'I think we were very, very lucky.'

MUNCIE — Christina Cross said she and her husband, Scott, were asleep when the sound of high winds woke them up around 2:15 a.m. Thursday.
“We heard glass breaking, so we ran to get the three kids,” she said, adding they huddled together and eventually fell back to sleep.

In Cisco: Emergency officials say high winds damaged at least 22 homes and downed 50 to 60 limbs, some of which ended up on village and rural roadways.

CISCO — An overnight storm caused significant property damage in the Piatt County community of Cisco. Emergency officials say high winds damaged at least 22 homes and downed 50 to 60 limbs, some of which ended up on village and rural roadways.

Today is Thursday, May 23, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, an estimated 70 children at the Cunningham Children's Home were quarantined for smallpox. The home was fumigated.
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On Tuesday night at the Urbana Country Club, Denise Poindexter became the first black president of the Junior League of Champaign-Urbana.

Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2019. There are 222 days left in the year.
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On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.
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In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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'As an administrator, I'm struggling to fill my positions,' said Pam Duda with Central Affiliation for Special Education Audiology, which serves Champaign and Ford counties. 'But coming from ... a practitioner side, I don't want to fill those positions with people who don't know their stuff.'