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Nostalgia is not the only reason to pick up a few 9-pound pavers that once made up Park Avenue to the north of Champaign Central High.

Nostalgia is one reason to pick up a 9-pound paver that once made up Park Avenue to the north of Champaign Central High.
Practicality is another.

Certain schools were targeted for the program due to their high percentages of students with free or reduced-price lunches.

CHAMPAIGN — Laurel Elzy, a second-grader at Dr. Howard Elementary School, and Malia Walton, a third-grader at Garden Hills, are two campers in the Stephens Family YMCA's Summer Swim Camp. Besides swimming, both kids have another favorite camp activity.

What are the patient's rights in accepting or rejecting their primary care physician's or specialist's recommendations for tests? I know some tests are necessary, but what about numerous requests for tests that seem to the patient to be (pardon the pun) overkill?

Multimillion-dollar windfall will be split between inmate's three minor children.

URBANA — A multimillion-dollar settlement has been reached in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought in 2013 against Ford County, its sheriff and two county jail employees for failing to provide proper medical treatment to an inmate who later was found dead in his cell.

Prosecutors open trial with grisly description of how defendant allegedly killed missing Chinese scholar, while defense — after having motion for delay rejected — admits their client is guilty, then tries to paint picture of someone who'd hit "rock bottom."

Today is Thursday, June 13, the 164th day of 2019. There are 201 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent.
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Today is Thursday, June 13, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, The First National Bank of Thomasboro was sold by E. G. Coon to what would become a stock company. Stockholders would be farmers and businessmen from the Thomasboro area.
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The Parkland College professor and World War II veteran was active both in politics and the community. She died Saturday at age 93.

URBANA — Anna Wall Scott was a force of nature — dynamic, outspoken, a longtime professor at Parkland College, an important voice at Bethel AME Church and a voice for social change.

Trying to generate enough sympathy to save Christensen's life, Taseff portrayed his client as a victim of depression, sleeplessness, and alcohol and drug abuse that destroyed his once-promising doctoral studies in physics at the University of Illinois and led him down a path of murder and depravity.

Poor Brendt. Poor, poor Brendt.

A more serious charge of mob action was dismissed when the young man pleaded guilty in April.

URBANA — Another of eight teen boys charged in connection with a fight at Urbana High School earlier this year that shut down the school has been sentenced to a year of probation.