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Today is Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, an executive committee was formed to organize various Boy Scout troops in the Champaign-Urbana area. B.F. Harris was the chairman of the committee.
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Illini baseball great Doug Mills will soon have a new trophy to add to his cabinet: The 79-year-old recorded his first hole-in-one last Tuesday, acing No. 3 at the Champaign Country Club.

The baseball he used to finish his no-hitter against Wisconsin in 1961 will soon have company in a cabinet at former Illini great DOUG MILLS' home in Peoria.

Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2019. There are 203 days left in the year.
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On June 11, 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
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In a letter to her colleagues, Maryalice Wu said she wants the council to focus on the city's future by diverting all potential cannabis taxes to both the Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Fund and pension funds.

URBANA — An alderwoman is proposing using tax revenue from recreational cannabis to replenish the city's underfunded pension funds and other long-term obligations.

Members agreed Monday night that the district should generally operate as though such policies were already in place while they read and revise them.

The suit alleges that the social workers who interviewed the accused kidnapper and killer about three months before his arrest 'knew that (Christensen) satisfied the criteria of a high-level threat of harm to others.'

Among them is Champaign's Peyton Kaiser, 23, who is completing the trek from California to Massachusetts as part of his job as a mechanic with Colorado-based CrossRoads Cycling Adventures.

By JOSE ZEPEDAjzepeda@news-gazette.com

The home to one of the largest Chinese student populations in the U.S. got more than 7,000 applications for 2019-20, up from 5,950 last year and 6,728 the year before, according to figures provided by the Office of Admissions.

Sean Garrick, associate vice provost in the Office for Equity and Diversity at Minnesota, has been named vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, pending approval next month by UI trustees. His appointment takes effect Aug. 1, and he will be paid $329,999 a year.

Kevin Antoineo Henry, 30, was charged Friday with one count of felony manufacture or delivery of cocaine and one count of felony possession of a controlled substance.

URBANA — A Champaign man is being held at the Champaign County Jail after police said they found him with suspected drugs and drug-packaging materials.