Local news headlines for Friday, May 11

A proposed coal mine near Homer has residents up in arms:

• “Homer Residents Say Mining Will Hurt Water Supply” (WILL)

​Another variable in the Olympian road saga: the City of Urbana wants the intersection with Lincoln to be a roundabout, and the county says no way:

• “City, county at odds over Lincoln-Olympian intersection” (N-G)

A sad, bizarre story from the mall parking lot:

• “Automobile accident leaves woman dead in Market Place parking lot” (DI)

• “Woman in fatal collision allowed grandson to move car” (N-G)

• Fatal Accident at Market Place Mall (WICD)

Something sort of heartwarming on the issue of immigration:

• “Local Woman Shares Story Of Immigration Issue” (WICD)

Your daily dose of parental fear-mongering, from nearly every news outlet in town (does someone stopping to ask if you need a ride really qualify as an “attempted abduction”?):

• “Sheriff’s office seeks help with attempted abduction” (N-G)

• “Attempted Child Abduction in Urbana” (WICD)

• “Police are investigating an attempted abduction” (WCIA)

And the rest of the stories:

• “Post Office Plan to Cut Hours, Not Offices” (WILL)

• “Dems First on Ballot” (WICD)

• “UHS wins bronze in U.S. News rankings” (N-G)