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Authorities say Scott M. E. Roth, 21, of Champaign was shot and killed early Sunday morning, the second homicide of 2019 in Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN — Floyd Thomas Jr. was stunned to wake up to the news Sunday morning that a man was murdered on his block of Edgebrook Drive hours earlier.

Ever since the University of Illinois College of Law launched its Veterans Legal Clinic, Director Yulanda Curtis has been working to provide free civil legal assistance to those who served and their family members.

The 24-page "Small Business, Large Impact" insert in today's News-Gazette kicks off Small Business Week, which began Sunday.

— There may be no bigger stress than being a small business owner.
Looking for a way to combat that pressure? Try rigorous exercise, says Ball State University researcher Michael Goldsby. He says that in addition to reducing stress, it can increase job satisfaction.

A 21-year-old Champaign man was shot and killed early Sunday in north Champaign. Police are investigating to see if there's a link to a shooting 22 hours earlier in another part of town that wounded one man.
 

CHAMPAIGN - A 21-year-old Champaign man was shot and killed early Sunday in north Champaign, the second homicide of 2019 in that city.

All southbound traffic is being diverted to Monticello Road.

TOLONO — Southbound traffic is being diverted on Interstate 57 as a result of a motor vehicle crash.
Master Sergeant William Kroncke of the Illinois State Police said a crash took place in the southbound lanes of Interstate 57 at mile marker 226, west of Tolono at about noon Sunday.

As Champaign's school district asked residents to accept millions of dollars in cost overruns for needed building renovations, dozens of district employees charged pricey staff dinners, flowers and more to taxpayers.

♦ State Police investigating use of district purchasing cards: 'I would say it's worth looking into anything that deals with public funds.'

News-Gazette Media rode with a driver on a two-hour shift as he made five deliveries.

CHAMPAIGN — After Shane Hall could no longer work as a driver for UPS due to medical issues, he was glad that food delivery services like Grubhub existed.
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The annual Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon brings out the best in our three-person photo department. Of the 187 photos published in three galleries at news-gazette.com, one caught our attention:
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Today is Sunday, May 5, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, the Champaign City Council appointed William F. Wood as the city attorney and I.E. Pearman as city clerk.
In 1969, eight teenagers and two adults were killed in a head-on crash east of Elliott Road.
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Today is Sunday, May 5, the 125th day of 2019. There are 240 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena.
On this date
In 1494, during his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus landed in Jamaica.
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