The Fight against Breast Cancer Goes Local

Urbana's Carle Foundation Hospital will build a new institute dedicated to the research and treatment of breast cancer, thanks to the biggest single gift in the hospital's history. The $10 million donation comes from Linda Mills, who has coped with breast cancer for more than 13 years. Mills, a board member of Busey Bank, deferred comment to her husband, First Busey Corporation CEO Doug Mills, who says their ordeal began on the last day of 1991 when Linda was first diagnosed. The Institute is expected to open in 2008.