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    Crash on the I-74 Highway

    Woman was pronounced dead this morning after a rock the size of a football crashed through the windshield of her car, splitting her head open. Champaign resident, Emily Sawyer, was driving her mother to church in St. Joseph when the 10 pound rock hit the car causing it to crash into a railing separating oncoming traffic on I-74. Earlier that morning, police received a report of young males throwing debris from the overpass just before the 8 a.m. accident. This is also the second time in a year that an object has been thrown off this same overpass. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, but several motorists stopped…

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    High School Teacher Caught Having Affairs with Students

    High school teacher that was having sexual relations with two 16-year-old girls, one of which he even gave a promise ring to, is now being charged with eight felony accusations alleging sex offenses. According to the county attorney, five of the alleged counts are, “unlawful sexual relations, consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy”. Christopher Young, 45, is the social studies teacher and coach at Peabody High School. He’s married and lives with his wife, but also has a separate trailer where he would often meet with the students. Although on certain occasions both girls were with him, he was more romantically involved with one of them than…

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    Does the Freshman 15 Really Exist or Is it Just a Myth?

    Going into college as a freshman, everyone warns you about the freshman 15 and how unavoidable it is. People that are very aware and cautious of what they eat are definitely the ones that fear this the most. Personally, I like to watch what I eat and workout. I told myself I would not get it.   To my surprise, I didn’t even have to try and make an effort to avoid it because I found myself not even having time to eat anymore and if I did eat, it was maybe an actual meal a day. Both my roommate and I found ourselves having lost weight instead of gaining…