EDC chief urges board to push for high-speed rail

CHAMPAIGN – A project to bring a 220-mph train through Champaign-Urbana could be the most "transformative" development for the community since the founding of the University of Illinois, a local economic development official said.

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• Hardware store in southwest Champaign to close
• Take in a fireworks display this weekend - or two
• Water in north Champaign neighborhood fine
• Man sentenced in drug case
• Danville bank will have new owner, same staff, on Monday
• 8 UI staffers laid off; other jobs for them possible
• Stop by for fun, pageantry at Vermilion Fair and Expo
• Caution: Beware of swine flu in Champaign County
• Two Urbana residents face drug charges
• Obituaries

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