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The report came in response to a proposed constitutional amendment that would replace the state's current flat income-tax rate of 4.95 percent with a graduated system where higher rates would apply to higher incomes.

By PETER HANCOCKphancock@captiolnewsillinois.com

As Rickey Williams Jr. takes the oath of office tonight, decisions loom about filling key administrative positions in his first year leading his hometown's municipal government.

DANVILLE — As new Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. takes the oath of office tonight, decisions loom about filling key administrative positions in his first year leading his hometown's municipal government.

Michael Madigan, not known for making a lot of media appearances, visiting with the public-affairs reporting class at the University of Illinois-Springfield on Monday.

By GRANT MORGANgmorgan@capitolnewsillinois.com

It allows Illinois residents to possess 30 grams of cannabis, 5 grams of cannabis concentrate and 500 milligrams of THC contained in cannabis-infused products. Visitors from other states could possess half of those amounts.

Fire Capt. Justin Watt said firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. to a house in the 900 block of Summit Street, where they found flames that had started in the basement and spread to a first-floor bathroom.

DANVILLE — No one was injured but residents were displaced by a fire Sunday night at a home in Danville.

URBANA — A free orthopedic assessment clinic for kids will be offered from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. June 11 in Urbana.
Sponsored by Champaign-Urbana Elks Lodge 2497 and Danville Elks Lodge 332, the clinic will see children by appointment only at the office of Dr. James McKechnie in the OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center office building at 1405 W. Park St., Suite 306, U.
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Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said Ilsa L. Walden, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which took place at 12:07 p.m. Monday at Rising and Cardinal roads.

CHAMPAIGN — A Champaign woman died Monday after her car was hit while it was stopped in the middle of a rural intersection northwest of Champaign.

Ross Radke, who was appointed to the Ludlow board in March 2018, was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of that community in the April 2 election.

RANTOUL — Police arrested a trustee serving on the Ludlow Village Board on preliminary charges of aggravated assault and other offenses after he allegedly displayed a handgun on Rantoul's east side.

Several recruiting targets will be on the court in Westfield, Ind., from Friday through Sunday for the second session of the Nike EYBL season.

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Police seek tips about the man who entered the Casey's General Store, 300 S. Century Blvd., Rantoul,  on April 16, displayed a knife to the employee, demanded money and ran off after getting an undisclosed amount.

RANTOUL — Champaign County Crime Stoppers needs help solving an armed robbery that happened last month.