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Today is Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, former Kansas assistant coach George "Potsy" Clark, a former Illinois football star, accepted a position as an assistant coach at Illinois, according to Robert Zuppke.
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Damage at the Urbana Foursquare Church from a lightning strike on March 28.  With Rev. Karia Eichelberger at the church in Urbana on Monday, June 17, 2019.

The strike at 12:30 a.m. March 28 shattered the steeple at Urbana Foursquare Church, destroyed the electrical system and caused other major damage, but nothing caught fire.

URBANA — Around 12:30 a.m. on March 28, Adrienne Witruk and her husband, Neal, were jolted from their sleep by a loud boom.

Bryant Seraphin, who filled the role on an interim basis after Sylvia Morgan retired in August, was officially appointed by the city council at Monday's meeting.

URBANA — In a lot of ways, Urbana police Chief Bryant Seraphin's job interview was 10 months long.

It's the second year of the Summer Transition Education program, which brings incoming sixth-graders into the school months ahead of time to help them adjust to a new building, new faces and new way of navigating classes.

URBANA — Any number of things can go wrong on the first day of middle school.
Combination locks can be fumbled and seem impossible.

As an arson investigator was probing the cause of the fire that destroyed the building Monday, health department Administrator Doug Toole said he planned to contact owner Herbert Polchow and give him a deadline to clean it up.

'It's a big opportunity, and I figured I'm going out big or going home,' said Marian Wyatt.

CHAMPAIGN — Centennial choir director Marian Wyatt was supposed to retire following the high school's graduation on May 28.

'This summer is one of the busiest summers we've had not only for campus but for the campus district,' said Stacey DeLorenzo, the UI's transportation demand management coordinator.

CHAMPAIGN — Drivers may have noticed that getting around the University of Illinois campus west of the Quad has been a bit tricky this summer.

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Champaign County Crime Stoppers needs help finding the people who fired shots in a residential neighborhood of Urbana earlier this month.

URBANA — Champaign County Crime Stoppers needs help finding the people who fired shots in a residential neighborhood of Urbana earlier this month.