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Urbana trial witness killed, defendant a no-show
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A witness in a trial in Champaign County has been shot to death, and authorities say the defendant didn't show up for the trial's opening. Urbana police tell The (Champaign) News-Gazette that 29-year-old Curtis Mosely was shot Friday at an Urbana apartment. Mosely was scheduled to testify Tuesday in the trial of 23-year-old Ardis Fenn. Fenn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm in the June 12 shooting of Mosely. A jury was selected Monday in Fenn's trial, but court officials say he didn't show up on Tuesday. He was free on bond. Fenn's public defender hasn't immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment. Judge Tom Difanis has issued a warrant for Fenn's arrest. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
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