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Can't Wait For Saturday | Perfect start bodes well for Illinois, other 3-0s
Sep. 19—*** There are currently 30 FBS teams sitting at 3-0, including Friday's opponents in Lincoln, Neb., Illinois and Nebraska. The nice folks at looked into what became of the 3-0 teams in 2023. Good idea. Turns out, most of them went bowling. Of the 36, 32 made the postseason. They averaged a final record of 9-4. Fourteen ended up in the final AP Top 25 and three made the four-team ...
Teacher of the Week: Linda Felsman, life skills, Unity West Elementary, Tolono
Sep. 19—For the last 17 years, Linda Felsman has worked with special-education students at Unity West Elementary School in the district she grew up attending. Of her days as a Unit 7 student, Felsman remembers how much the encouragement of teachers affected her, and now, she and her three teacher's aides work to impart that positive attitude onto their students. "She works tirelessly for our ...
Busy weekend with C-U Pride parade, events ahead
Sep. 19—URBANA — Champaign-Urbana's fall Pride Fest has been underway all week, but the big events pack this weekend, including a parade featuring grand marshal Ja'Naea Modest. Modest is better known around C-U by her performer name, DJ Silkee, under which she provides music for everything from city programming to University of Illinois events to homecoming dances. She also teaches DJ skills ...
Champaign man charged with attempted murder in hotel robbery
Sep. 19—URBANA — A Champaign man stands charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and robbing a man in a Champaign hotel room earlier this year. Champaign County Judge Brett Olmstead ruled on Wednesday that Kejuan D. McFarland, 26, must await his pending trial in jail after he was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and armed robbery. ...
C-U crime report, Sept. 5-10
Sep. 19—Champaign * 2000 block of Joanne Lane: A residence was hit by several gunshots at 3:35 a.m. on Sept. 10, but no residents inside were reported injured. * 2400 block of Highview Court: An officer took a report of a stabbing from an "uncooperative" victim around 10 p.m. on Sept. 10. * 40 block of Edgebrook Drive: A man told police he was robbed by two people at gunpoint around 12:30 a.m. ...
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