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Migrant officers flock to South Dakota police departments
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHours before the sun rose over Champaign, Illinois, on the morning of May 19, 2021, Champaign Police...
Retired Champaign police officer shares 2-year-old trauma of losing partner, being shot
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 17—CHAMPAIGN — Like many self-confident police officers, Jeff Creel used to do the skeptical eye roll when hearing the term "post-traumatic stress disorder." Then his co-worker was fatally ...
City of Champaign to vote on settling wrongful death lawsuit of tow-truck driver
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Champaign is considering authorizing a $2 million settlement in...
Champaign man killed in apartment complex shooting
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoJul. 4—CHAMPAIGN — A 27-year-old Champaign man is dead after a shooting incident Monday night. At 7:06 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 2500 block of West Springfield.
Woman admits role in straw purchase of gun that killed Champaign police officer
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 16—URBANA — One of two women who arranged to put a gun in the hands of a man who killed a Champaign police officer with it has admitted her role in that so-called straw purchase. Regina ...
Champaign unanimously approves $2M wrongful death settlement
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Nearly two years ago, 20-year-old tow truck driver Ross Booker was killed...
Fallen Champaign officer's legacy lives on through wife's work with family foundation
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 17—CHAMPAIGN — In the two years since her police officer husband was slain on the job, Amber Oberheim and her four daughters have transformed their crippling grief into a foundation meant ...
I-72 tribute: Officer Oberheim Memorial Highway
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 18—MONTICELLO — More than two years after Champaign police Officer Chris Oberheim was killed in the line of duty, a section of Interstate 72 is being named in his honor. Signs are going ...
Champaign man admits he killed daughter, but was it self-defense?
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 26—URBANA — The first time Champaign police were summoned to a home on the 400 block of East Beardsley Avenue last July, officers urged an arguing father and adult daughter to cool off ...
UPDATE: Identities of Rantoul officer, 18-year-old released in fatal shooting
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 8—URBANA — Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup identified Jordan A. Richardson, 18, of Rantoul as the man killed Wednesday by a Rantoul police officer. Northrup said Mr. Richardson ...
