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Champaign city council meeting canceled
The Champaign city council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been canceled.
A release from the city says the cancellation is due to the weather predicted for tonight, which includes more snow and blowing and drifting.
The consultant on the proposed intergovernmental Big Broadband project is unable to attend because he's ill, and other agenda items are "no urgent," council member Tom Bruno said on Twitter.
University leaders ask state for reliable payment schedule for overdue money
The state’s public university presidents and chancellors plan to release a joint letter today calling on state leaders to commit to a reliable payment schedule for universities’ past-due appropriations.
The letter will call on Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes and other state leaders to provide a payment plan for fiscal 2010 appropriations, according to a press release. It also asks elected leaders to work together to develop long-term financial solutions to the state’s budget crisis.
Updated: Weather causing trouble on area interstates
Updated: 9:50 a.m. CHAMPAIGN — Illinois State Police and other emergency responders are on the scene of several different accidents on interstates near Champaign and Danville.
Sgt. Bill Emery said Interstate 74 a mile east of the Martin Luther King Drive exit near Danville, is closed in both directions.
"There are multiple crashes; one with a minor injury on the eastbound side and several on the westbound, all property damage," he said.
Twitter users share road conditions
Here are reports on area roads and streets from Twitter followers of The News-Gazette.
Champaign County
Three area residents accused of credit card 'cloning'
URBANA – Lt. Bryant Seraphin of the Urbana Police Department offers advice to consumers following charges filed against three people for a credit card "cloning" operation that police say cost consumers more than $10,000.
Credit card cloning electronically copies credit card details onto a bogus card that works like the original.
"The best advice I could give you is to keep your card in your sight," Seraphin said. "Simply hang onto it."
