The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)

1 day ago | news-gazette.com | Hanna Arhirova |Michelle L. Price

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields. The U.S. president said in a social media post that “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.”The call that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes was Trump’s first known with Putin since May 19.

1 day ago | news-gazette.com | Margery Beck

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1 day ago | news-gazette.com | Jamie Stengle |Steve Karnowski

DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S., including heavy rain in Dallas, a tornado that touched down in the Kansas City area and flash flooding in Kansas that forced firefighters to rescue dozens of people, including stranded motorists. A Dallas man died Wednesday after his vehicle became stuck in high water, authorities said. He was in one of two cars submerged under a bridge on Interstate 635, the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department said.

1 day ago | news-gazette.com | Dave Hinton

PAXTON — Paxton-Buckley-Loda Superintendent Travis Duley has tendered his resignation. In a letter sent to staff on Tuesday, Duley said the stress of recent months led to the action. Duley has been under fire from some quarters for his handling of reports of the alleged involvement of a 17-year PBL employee ,Rob Pacey, for sexual misconduct. Duley said the superintendent’s job “is a unique role ...

1 day ago | news-gazette.com | Dave Hinton

DANVILLE — A Danville man received a 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class 1 felony. Judge Mark Goodwin also sentenced Malik Noye, 23, to one year of mandatory supervised release after the prison sentence is served. Goodwin heard evidence that on July 4, 2022, Noye was at a gathering of family and friends. As a storm was approaching, a clean-up of the party began.