Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance regarding a theft at Bash Pepper Roofing, located at 712 N. Hickory St. in Champaign.
Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance regarding a theft at Bash Pepper Roofing, located at 712 N. Hickory St. in Champaign.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America said Monday that its third-quarter profits rose by 32 percent from a year ago, as higher interest rates allowed BofA to charge more for loans, and lower corporate tax rates helped it save hundreds of millions on taxes.
The outage affected Atkins Tennis Center, the Ubben basketball practice facility, the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration building 'and a few other buildings,' officials said. By 12:35 p.m., power had been restored to all except Atkins.
URBANA — A “major power outage” shut down multiple athletic facilities Monday morning on the University of Illinois campus, with Atkins Tennis Center remaining closed until at least Tuesday afternoon.
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Republicans who gained ground in the Illinois General Assembly two years ago with Gov. Bruce Rauner's financial assistance have a tougher go of it this year.
Temperatures are expected to fall below freezing Monday night and into Tuesday morning.
New 3:16 p..m. Monday:
All of East Central Illinois is now under a freeze warning for the overnight hours Monday night into Tuesday morning.
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New 1:29 p.m. Monday:
Ford and Iroquois counties are under a freeze warning Monday night into Tuesday morning.
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Original story 7:54 a.m. Monday:
PAXTON — The driver of a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school bus that was carrying six students when it was involved in a collision with a car at a rural intersection last week has been ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Jamal Thomas Jones, 25, was charged Monday with attempted armed robbery and aggravated robbery, indicating he had a weapon, in the Sept. 17 incident.
URBANA — Bond has been set at $100,000 for an Urbana man who allegedly tried to rob a motorist.
Jamal Thomas Jones, 25, who listed an address in the 1100 block of Colorado Avenue, was charged Monday with attempted armed robbery and aggravated robbery, indicating he had a weapon. Jones is due back in court Nov. 6.
Here is a list of street closures and road construction in East Central Illinois, provided by public works offices: (If your public works department wants to send one, submit it via email to breaking@news-gazette.com.)
Here is a list of street closures and road construction in East Central Illinois, provided by public works offices (If your public works department wants to send one, submit it via email to breaking@news-gazette.com):
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2018. There are 76 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On Oct. 16, 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.
On this date
In 1758, American lexicographer Noah Webster was born in Hartford, Conn.
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1918, former All-American quarterback Archie Weston was listed as "dangerously ill" at the Chanute Field hospital after he got influenza.
Each week throughout the 2018-19 school year, we turn our Snapchat account over to a "High School Confidential" correspondent. On Friday, it's Miranda Fairbanks' turn to show what makes Unity so cool.
Each week throughout the 2018-19 school year, we turn our Snapchat account over to a "High School Confidential" correspondent.
On Friday, it's MIRANDA FAIRBANKS' turn to show what makes Unity High School so cool.
The senior from Sadorus wanted to do it before her cross-country season ended (regionals are Saturday).
A jump in prescription drug sales and a sharply reduced tax bill boosted Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter sales and profit, which beat Wall Street expectations.
The world's biggest maker of health care products on Tuesday also slightly raised its profit forecast for the year.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A top Idaho wildlife official has resigned amid outrage over a photo of him posing with a baboon family he killed in Africa.
CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old Chicago man is headed to prison for the death of a cab driver during an armed robbery.
Damyan Shepherd, 19, of Mahomet, and his half-sister, Krista Shepherd, 22, of Gibson City, were each sentenced to four years probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit home invasion.
URBANA — Two members of the same family who admitted taking part in a plan to rob a drug dealer that involved gunfire have each been sentenced to four years of probation.
Superintendent: 'We are happy to report that his condition is stable and he is doing well'
URBANA — Urbana school board president and longtime board member John Dimit suffered a stroke last week, but is recovering, according to school district Superintendent Don Owen.
Owen said Tuesday he'd been in touch several times with Dimit's family. He planned to make an announcement at a school board meeting Tuesday night.
Kenny Ray Jones, 36, pleaded guilty last weekto possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine.
URBANA — A Champaign man who admitted he possessed crack cocaine in August has been sentenced to 18 months of probation.
Kenny Ray Jones, 36, who listed an address in the 1600 block of Lock Raven Road, pleaded guilty last week before Judge Roger Webber to possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced Tuesday evening that six county residents have been diagnosed with the illness since Sept. 15.
CHAMPAIGN — Public health officials have confirmed six cases of Legionnaires' disease in Champaign County.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced Tuesday evening that six county residents have been diagnosed with the illness since Sept. 15.
Akid Ornob, 26, of Champaign pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor public indecency, admitting that on Aug. 22, 2017, he exposed his sex organ to a woman near Third and Healey streets in Champaign.
URBANA — A former doctoral student at the University of Illinois who admitted exposing himself to women has been sentenced to a year of conditional discharge.
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Darrow on Monday sentenced Randy Williams, 29, of Kankakee for his role in the July 28, 2016, armed robbery of the Sprint store at 2706 N. Prospect Ave., C.
URBANA — A Kankakee man convicted in June by a federal jury in Urbana of robbing a Champaign cellphone store has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Darrow on Monday sentenced Randy Williams, 29, for his role in the July 28, 2016, armed robbery of the Sprint store at 2706 N. Prospect Ave., C.
