🌱 How Rantoul pushed Danville to overtime in a near-upset thriller

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In today's newsletter:

• How Rantoul pushed Danville to overtime in a near-upset thriller

Also on today's calendar: Boys Basketball @ Rantoul and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and cold, with a high of 27 and low of 26 degrees.
• Friday: Cold; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 30, low: 9. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Cloudy and bitterly cold, with a high of 15 and low of -6 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vikings hold off Eagles to earn thrilling road win (news-gazette.com) — Rantoul High School’s boys’ basketball team pushed visiting Danville to overtime before falling 67-62 in a nonconference thriller, despite a 30-point night from junior guard Iysean Autman. A last-second three in regulation just missed, and coach Ryan Parker said the performance showed the Eagles can compete with a traditionally dominant Vikings program.
   

📸 Around Rantoul

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rantoul

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 14

• Christmas at The Mill
  The Feed Mill On Front, 202 E Front St, Fisher
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Basketball (Boys F, JV, V)
  Arthur-Okaw Christian
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Wrestling Boys (V)
  Pontiac High School
  8:00 am
• Breakfast With Santa!
  Rantoul, IL Calendar Rantoul, IL 61866
  8:00 am

Monday December 15

• Basketball (Boys F)
  Rantoul Township High School (Main Gym)
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Boys Basketball @ Rantoul
  Rantoul Township High School , 200 S Sheldon St , Rantoul
  5:30 pm
• Basketball (Boys JV, V)
  Rantoul Township High School (Main Gym)
  5:30 pm
• Wrestling Boys (V)
  Hoopeston Area High School
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Teen Lounge
  Champaign Public Library , 200 W Green St , Champaign
  3:00 pm
• New to CU Mixer
  Experience Champaign-Urbana , 17 Taylor St , Champaign
  5:00 pm
• Trivia Night at Cloud Mountain Kombucha
  Cloud Mountain Kombucha , 208 W Griggs St Suite 102 , Urbana
  6:00 pm
• The Space and Kristen Unakis Present COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT!!!!
  The Space , 1 E Main St Ste 107 , Champaign
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Rantoul City Schools District #137 posted a job opening for Junior High Math Teacher | JW Eater 2025-2026 in Rantoul. Apply here.
• Illinois Association Of School posted a job opening for Bilingual Teacher | Pleasant Acres Elementary in Rantoul. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rantoul here.

🗞 Nearby News

Urbana

• County leaders update MOU, reaffirm commitment to protect children (peakofohio.com)
• Cunningham Children's Home seeks support through holiday season (chambanatoday.com)
• Supporting Community is Essential to Hate Prevention (hstoday.us)

Champaign

• Champaign ‘YES' program says signups are booming for their job placement (wcia.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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