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By Wednesday morning, the day after Election Day, residents of the Rossville-Alvin and Bismarck-Henning school districts in Vermilion County should know if they will be sharing a cooperative high school.
Democratic state Sen. Andy Manar says he will remain in the Illinois Senate rather than run for governor in 2018.
Richland Community College in Decatur is laying off 18 more staff members due to declining enrollment and a lack of state funding.
For decades, the chimes at the University of Illinois’ Altgeld Tower were open for tours and featured in daily noon hour concerts. But that’s all over for the foreseeable future until safety repairs can be made to the tower. Meanwhile, some of the volunteers who have been giving the concerts question why it’s taken administrators so long to make a decision. The Altgeld Tower bells were dedicated in 1920.
Voters in the Champaign County village of Rantoul have three candidates from which to choose for mayor in Tuesday’s municipal elections. Chuck Smith is the first-term incumbent. He’s opposed by the man he defeated for the office four years ago -- former mayor Neal Williams -- and current village board member Gary Wilson.
