Second lockdown lifted at Champaign elementary school in two days

10302024-shots — A van is at a crime scene near the scene of a shooting in the area of Fourth and Tremont streets in north Champaign on Wednesday.

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CHAMPAIGN — For the second day in a row, Booker T. Washington STEAM Academy in Champaign was placed on a soft lockdown Thursday “due to police activity in the area,” district spokeswoman Stacy Moore told The News-Gazette.

“The termination was put on hold until we received clearance from CPD,” Moore said Thursday.

This happened around 16:00 when the quarantine was lifted.