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Decatur businessman Dan Caulkins is running for state representative in the 101st Illinois House District, which covers parts of Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, McLean and Piatt counties. He’s running against Decatur resident and political newcomer Jen McMillin. The winner of that race will succeed incumbent Republican Bill Mitchell, who is retiring.

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Five principals as well as several parents and teachers voiced their support for superintendent Don Owen at an Urbana District 116 Board of Education meeting Sunday evening.
 

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An estimated 200 people turned out at the University of Illinois Main Quad Sunday evening for a vigil in memory of the 11 people murdered, allegedly by a gunman shouting anti-Semitic rhetoric at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

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Thousands of residents traveled from across the heartland to southern Illinois Saturday to hear and see President Donald Trump.

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At a press conference Sunday morning, officials said victims of a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue range in age from 54 to 97. All but two of the victims were over the age of 65, and include one married couple, and two brothers. Six others were wounded, including four police officers.

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In the first-ever football game between the two schools, Maryland rolled past visiting Illinois 63-33 Saturday at College Park.

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The environmental advocacy group Prairie Rivers Network holds its annual dinner Friday night at the I-Hotel in Champaign.

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A record number of women are running for office around the country. So many that some have proclaimed this election another year of the woman. We’re not seeing that kind of big increase here in Illinois -- at least not this year.

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Chris Miller is the Republican candidate for state representative in the 110th Illinois House District, which runs from Charleston and Mattoon in Coles County, down to Robinson in Crawford County and Lawrenceville in Lawrence County

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A busy semester continues for Lyric Theatre @ Illinois. Their production of Puccini’s iconic opera “La Boheme” opens Thursday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Illinois Urbana campus.