C-U area ceramic artists are working for a cause: to make bowls and raise funds for the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen.

Schippert headed indoors to escape getting hit. He said the commotion sounded like a gunfight, but authorities later said the officers had not returned fire. He believes some of the noise came from exploding ammunition in Jordan’s home, which he had set on fire.

“We want everyone to participate. Please participate in this process, tell us what you want in your next leader."

"If I am really stuck in the context of writing a manuscript or developing research questions, I will simply walk from my office on the south side of campus up toward the quad, with no destination, and the hope I figure out the question I am working on before I run into the engineering buildings."

Saturday's show with Lego builds on display and Lego bricks for families to play and build with will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at American Legion Post 210, 201 Prospect Place, Danville. It's raising funds for Operation Honor Guard.

Two families made Champaign their homes with the help of Habitat for Humanity in recent weeks, with two moms finding safe and permanent housing for their daughters.

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Investigation into 43-year-old's death continues.

"We all make mistakes so when we talk through things, I’ve always appreciated an understanding and empathic mindset," says new Uni Director/Principal Robert Fitzgerald says.

“I remember one night standing in Boni’s at the bar. There was a tree in the middle. A ladder dropped down and a naked guy and gal climbed down the ladder with a beer each, sat and drank the beer, climbed back up the ladder and left. It was classic for those times.”