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Champaign County coroner reports rising caseload, requests additional deputies
Summary
Coroner Lori Brower told the board the office is understaffed amid rising deaths, has improved organ‑donation processing, and requested funding to add three deputies to cover 24/7 calls.
Coroner Lori Brower reported to the Champaign County Board that the coroner’s office is experiencing a staffing crisis and rising caseloads and requested the board begin a process to add three deputy coroner positions.
Brower told the board the office has been operating with three full‑time deputies on staff and two vacancies that have been filled but not yet started. Since December 1 the office has tracked an increase in deaths: at the same time last year (April 23, 2024) the county had recorded 597 deaths; as of the report on April 23, 2025 the total was 645,…
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