Deadly Crash In Vermilion County

07/14/11 ALLERTON, IL- A tragic accident in Vermilion County has left one high school senior dead. Eighteen year-old Corey "Mikey" Childers, of Homer, was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident early Wednesday

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Urbana To Release Traffic Stop Info At Meeting

07/13/11 URBANA, IL- The City of Urbana has taken a close look at police traffic stops in the city during the past three years and plans to present that information Wednesday night. The city says the goal is to

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Champaign Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault

07/12/11 URBANA, IL- A Champaign man will spend the next 20-years in prison for sex crimes. The Champaign News-Gazette reports 21 year-old Keven McIntosh pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault Monday. Police

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Dresner Partners Advised Carle Foundation in the Sale of Its Retail Pharmacy Business to Walgreen Co.

07/11/11 CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Jul 11, 2011) - Dresner Partners, a leading FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and IMAP member firm, announced today that it advised Urbana, Illinois-based Carle Foundation (Carle) in the sale of its wholly owned retail pharmacy chain, Carle RxExpress (Rx), to Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreen Co. Prior to its sale to Walgreens, Rx was a 10-site retail ...

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Bank Robbery In Urbana

07/08/11 URBANA, IL- Police are now investigating after an Urbana bank was robbed Friday afternoon. Police say a man went into the First Mid-Illinois Bank on South Vine Street about 1:45 p.m. and gave the teller

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Rantoul Man Gets 35 Years For Murder

07/07/11 URBANA, IL- A Rantoul man who admitted to gunning down another man last fall has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Juan Antonio Garza Jr., 19, pleaded guilty to 1st degree murder. Prosecutors say

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Terrence Lee Hamilton, 59

07/07/11 Terrence Lee Hamilton, 59, of Urbana died at 9:24 a.m., July 6, 2011 at home. Funeral services will be held 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory 1900 S. Philo Rd. Urbana.  A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the funeral service.  Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 11, 2011 in ElmwoodCemetery, Flora, IL. Terrence Hamilton was born ...

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Possible Arson Being Investigated In Urbana

07/06/11 URBANA, IL- Police believe an early morning fire in Urbana was intentionally set. Firefighters were called out to a house in the 2400 block of Oregon Street around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators

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U of I Football Player Back In Court

07/06/11 URBANA, IL- A University of Illinois football player accused of beating two men is due back in court next week. Christopher Jones, 20, was charged in Champaign County Circuit Court Tuesday with two counts

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Residents Continue To Live In Condemned Apartments

07/04/11 URBANA, IL- Families are still living in the Cherry Orchard Apartments near Rantoul even though they were condemned several months ago. This past March, a judge ordered all residents to leave the complex

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Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report

07/04/11 California Winter League: After its second successful season in 2011, the CWL plans to expand from four to eight teams for its 2012 season that will again be held at Palm Springs (CA) Stadium.

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It's Your Business: Alexander site to be Mach1 store, gas station

07/03/11 A gas station and convenience store will be built at the former Alexander Lumber property just off Prospect Avenue in Champaign. McDaniel/Meyer Properties bought the 3.7-acre site at 902 W. Bloomington Road for $1.7 million in the spring. In recent months, the site has been cleared to prepare for construction, which is slated to start in September. read more

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Business Beat - Sun, 03 Jul 2011 PST

07/03/11 Have an item for Business Beat? Send it to businessbeat @spokesman.com. New Faces

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GOP criticizes district map

07/02/11 Republican U.S. House members are vowing to fight a new map for Illinois' congressional districts that splits Madison County up like a carton of Neapolitan ice cream.

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Anniversary: Young - 55th

06/23/11 NEOGA - Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Young will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on June 24.

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Listen: Deerhunter Cover Pylon

06/22/11 Deerhunter: "Cool" (Pylon Cover) On June 28, DFA will release Cover + Remix , a 7" split single featuring Deerhunter and Calvinist (aka music critic Sasha Frere-Jones) covering tunes by noted Athens, Georgia post-punkers Pylon . For the A-side, Deerhunter offer up a cover of "Cool", taken from Pylon's 1980 debut LP Gyrate ; that song is available for you to check out above. Frere-Jones turns in ...

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Cuts Made To Visitors Bureau

06/21/11 URBANA, IL- Deep budget cuts are coming to the Champaign County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Monday night, Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing cut over $71,000 from the city's budget which was allocated to

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Urbana Boy Scout Helps Migrant Families with School Supplies

06/20/11 Urbana, IL- An Urbana Boy Scout is working to make sure migrant students are prepared to learn this summer. Hundreds of backpacks are stacked in Urbana's School District Building. Boy Scout Rodney LeNoir,

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Zahnd wins Quick 8, Super Pro events at Dragway

06/20/11 CHARLESTON - Champaign's Lary Zahnd won both the JT Muffler Quick 8 and Super Pro titles Saturday at Coles County Dragway. Zahnd had a 5.917 time on a 5.91 dial at 116.21 mph in the Super Pro win.

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ALBUM STREAM: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

06/20/11 Smith Westerns, Telekinesis, and Yuck are three of the hottest new bands to break out in 2011. But which up-and-coming act are they crushing on? Portland, OR-based trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who have been recruited to tour with all three on the strength of their psychedelic self-titled debut for Fat Possum Records. Listen to the entire album below before its June 21 release. LISTEN: Unknown ...

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