Champaign News

The former head of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has been indicted on theft and official misconduct charges.

CHAMPAIGN – A Champaign man was treated for injuries he suffered in a traffic accident in northwest Champaign about 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Wistful "write soon" phrases have kept two women connected across the Atlantic Ocean for 52 years.

SAVOY – The new owner of the Carle Arbours continuing care center has renamed it the Champaign-Urbana Regional Rehab Center.

URBANA – Kim Shackelford has a hard time believing three years have passed since her parents were stabbed and bludgeoned to death in their Champaign home.

The University of Illinois invites agriculturalists to the 2009 AgMasters Conference , which will take place December 1 and 2 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN – The Burger King on North Prospect Avenue in Champaign won't re-open until inspections by city and public health officials following a Tuesday afternoon fire.

Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign.

URBANA – Champaign County Democrats don't have candidates for any of four countywide seats up for election next year, but they have three candidates for two seats in one county board district and four candidates for two spots in another.

CHAMPAIGN – Brilliant, dedicated, entertaining and eccentric: Friends say Gary Wright, regarded as one of the Champaign Police Department's most talented detectives, was all those and more.

CHAMPAIGN – Changes in the advertising business helped lead to the demise of the Ad Club of Champaign-Urbana. The decades-old club – most recently known as the American Advertising Federation of Central Illinois – dismantled itself at summer's end after not getting enough volunteers.

A Champaign man Saturday was charged with retail theft for trying to return some men's ties he allegedly had just taken from a store rack and placed in a bag.

URBANA – The man already convicted of murdering Jerry Haigh in his Champaign home three years ago told a jury hearing co-defendant Crystal Myrick's case that she took an active role in killing Sue Haigh.

As of 12:30 a.m. Saturday two people are in custody, a third individual was still being sought on foot following a wild vehicle pursuit in Champaign County shortly before midnight.

Oh ... well, I guess he didn't. Police were called around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 100 block of Munroe Street where a 37-year-old man said he had been robbed.

CHAMPAIGN – Teachers, staff and administrators need to look 'very, very critically' at the draft plans for a new Washington Elementary School to ensure the design will meet the school's needs, said Champaign school board member Kristine Chalifoux.

CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign school board will review design plans for rebuilding Washington Elementary School and expanding Garden Hills Elementary School at a study session tonight, with the goal of approving designs for the two schools at its Nov.

URBANA – A Champaign County judge Friday denied a Champaign woman's request to reduce her sentence for killing a woman in a drunken-driving collision in December.

CHAMPAIGN – St. Louis-based Midwest Litigation Services has acquired Ace Court Reporting in Champaign.

Urbana Friday, October 30, 2009 United States Federal District Courthouse 201 S. Vine 8:25 a ' 11:45 a.m. 3.0 MCLE credit hours This program provides practitioners the opportunity to refresh and update their knowledge of practice and procedure in the federal courts with an emphasis on new developments.