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CHAMPAIGN — Champaign County Crime Stoppers will continue its gun-bounty program, which includes four-figure rewards, but the group is still working on how to raise money to cover those large payouts.
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George Mohammad, 31, was charged Friday with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine.

URBANA — An Urbana man who was allegedly selling crack cocaine from his home has been criminally charged.
George Mohammad, 31, of the 1000 block of Smith Road was arrested Thursday by officers from the Champaign County Street Crimes Task Force.

Joe Petry insisted in a statement Friday that he had reached a deal 'under which the University has agreed to end this investigation in exchange for my resignation,' but the UI issued its own statement saying it is 'ongoing.'

No reason was given, but defense lawyers said they notified prosecutors 'as soon as possible and explained that Mr. Christensen will not be speaking to the government's mental-health experts next week.'

PEORIA — Accused kidnapper and killer Brendt Christensen is abandoning his mental-health defense, his lawyers said Friday.

Inside: No-Hazardous Cargo routes in Champaign, whether Mark Twain visited Urbana, school administration costs, sanitary sewers in the Rolling Acres subdivision and tree trimming at the Champaign Country Club.

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At Tuesday's city council meeting, the city will present a "preliminary negotiated incentive package" that includes a combination of tax-increment financing bonds and reimbursements, land, sewer work and hotel-motel tax reimbursements.

CHAMPAIGN — The city of Champaign is considering contributing $35 million over 18 years to the $250 million project known as The Yards.

21-year-old Denzel R. Aldridge, a convicted felon currently on parole, was arrested on preliminary charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and is being held at the public safety building on those charges and a parole warrant from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Today is Friday, April 26, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, Tuscola postponed its planned "Welcome Home" event for soldiers from The Great War because many Tuscola soldiers had not yet returned to the community.
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We know Ayo Dosunmu can shoot and drive. But how good is the Illinois guard's pitching arm? Fans will have a chance to find out Thursday at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field.

We know AYO DOSUNMU can shoot and drive. But how good is the Illinois guard's pitching arm? Fans will have a chance to find out Thursday at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field.

Today is Friday, April 26, the 116th day of 2019. There are 249 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Va., and killed.
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