288 speeding tickets given during April crackdown

CHAMPAIGN – A traffic crackdown by Champaign police in April resulted in speeding tickets for 288 drivers.

Sgt. Dave Griffet, who supervises a traffic enforcement program through a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation, said Champaign officers issued a total of 317 citations last month.

Also on this date

• U of I bomb squad detonates old blasting cap
• Local woman loses father in China quake
• Solo Cup posts profit for fourth consecutive quarter
• Curtis Road interchange scheduled to open Friday
• Man, son escape fire set by grease
• Hands 4 Paws seeks facility, volunteer rules
• Graduating student a leader at Parkland
• St. Joseph man hospitalized after crash
• Home invasion count against man dismissed
• Obituaries

» More