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Judge sentences rap music fan to Bach, Beethoven
A defendant had a hard time facing the music. Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Rap (genre)
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Champaign wind farm decision nears
Springfield News-Sun, OhioThe Ohio Power Siting Board may decide this month whether the second phase of the Buckeye Wind Project will move forward after more than a year of debate and rising tensions between some Champaign County neighbors and the company in charge of the project....Tags: Environmental Issues, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Local Government
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Cops: Rapper Lil Reese arrest tied to 2012 beating video
Tribune reporterSouth Side rapper Lil Reese's Sunday arrest on a felony warrant is tied to a 2012 videotaped incident in which he purportedly beat and stomped a woman in her Champaign home, police said Monday. Video of the attack went viral late last year, with...Tags: Lil Reese, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Chief Keef, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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Rapper Lil Reese arrested while sleeping in car
Tribune reporterSouth Side rapper Lil Reese was caught sleeping in a car early Sunday and arrested on a warrant. The arrest warrant was issued Thursday in Champaign County for Lil Reese, 20, whose birth name is Tavares Taylor. He was arrested about 4 a.m. Sunday in...Tags: Lil Reese, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Chief Keef, Police Arrests
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Land bulls, bears and squirrels
The neighborhood farmer grapevine, fiber optic for years now, was set abuzz two weeks ago with news that a 237-acre piece of the township for sale at $12,500 per acre. Whoa, right? Well, the land sports five-year averages of 199 bu. for corn and 60...Tags: Ethanol, Farms, Argentina, Biofuels, McLean County
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Tribune archive: The Daniel Taylor case
Change of SubjectHere is an archive, in reverse chronological order, of the Tribune's coverage of the Daniel Taylor case: News story: Criminal justice: Jail alibi doesn't outweigh confession -- Records show Daniel Taylor in jail when double murder occurred, but... -
U. of I. student from Lake in the Hills killed in hit-and-run
A Lake in the Hills man attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died this morning after being severely injured in a hit-and-run collision late Friday, authorities said. Anthony G. Pauls, 22, was declared dead at 7:54 a.m. at Carle...
Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Naperville man, roommate arrested in Champaign shooting incident
Tribune reporterAn alcohol-fueled fight between two roommates landed both in jail after one fired a shot inside a residence in downstate Champaign early this morning, causing an evacuation and a SWAT response, police said. Twenty-two year old David Lu returned home from...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Shootings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Telling a long, lonely, frustrating tale
Stories about prison inmates being exonerated and sent home from prison tend to be similar, but Andre Davis's case had a special twist. Two, in fact. First, since the first time DNA evidence was used to clear a wrongfully convicted inmate's name in 1989,...
Tags: Lawyers, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Media Industry
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Sugar water or Kool-Aid?
Danger prowled Capitol Hill shortly after the Senate Ag Committee approved its version of the 2012 Farm Bill April 26. The trouble wasn't from folks who might have lost out when the Committee streamlined 23 conservation programs into 13 to save...Tags: Pat Roberts, Science and Technology, Insurance, Iowa State University , Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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Swimmers journey far, wide
Shelby Quinn and Kristen Kaneshiro are members of swim teams in Arizona and Illinois respectively, but they have connections to the Dakotas.
Quinn is a member of the Mesa Aquatics Club in Mesa, Ariz., while Kaneshiro is a member of the Champaign...Tags: Ceremonies, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Mountains, Culture, Landforms
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Wilmette, May 1-6: Cashier at Bed, Bath and Beyond charged with theft, and more
TribLocal - Wilmette & Kenilworth » NewsThe following incidents were taken from Wilmette Police Department reports on May 1-6. DOMESTIC BATTERY A 55-year-old Wilmette woman was arrested at 10:25 p.m. May …...
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