Parkland trustee picked to lead national organization's board

CHAMPAIGN – Parkland College Trustee Tom Bennett has been named chairman-elect of the Association of Community College Trustees – the first community college trustee from Illinois to lead the national organization's board of directors.

Bennett said he's excited about the position, which is a volunteer one. Being on the organization's board of directors gives him the chance to talk with trustees from across the country to understand what issues and problems the community colleges share, he said.

Also on this date

• Urbana district reaches tentative settlement with White victim
• Law office building's common wall with Metropolitan "not safe"
• Candlestick Lane's future doesn't look so bright
• Gibson City shocked by deaths of teen girls in house fire
• Criminal nuisance property ordinance proposed in Urbana
• UI trustees expected to finalize Singapore partnership Thursday
• State grant allows for extra patrols by Danville police
• Indiana senator extolls bipartisanship in talk at Illini Union
• Rantoul Township High School starts peer-mentoring program
• Obituaries

» More