Today is Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: In 1918, another 65 men from Champaign County were sent to Camp McClellan in Anniston, Ala., to serve in the Great War. In 1968, Champaign school district residents voted 5,389 to 4,738 against a 40 cent increase in the education fund tax rate. read more