Chiddix Junior High School

McLean County prosecutors said Friday that a 43-year-old Unit 5 junior high school teacher made sexually suggestive remarks to a 13-year-old girl last year. He faces charges of grooming.

Normal Police say Brandon Knapp, 43, of Hudson, was indicted Wednesday by a McLean County grand jury. Knapp, who taught at Chiddix Junior High School in Normal, was placed on paid leave in January as police investigated reports of alleged misconduct.

Some parents of Chiddix Junior High students want school administrators to share more information about two teachers who have been removed from the classroom.

In an email to parents, Mariana Nicasio said her leaving is unrelated to turmoil at the school while two teachers are on leave for alleged misconduct.

FlixBus joins Peoria Charter, Greyhound and Jefferson Lines as roadway transit providers at the station.

According to documents obtained through a public records request, alleged misconduct by Brandon Knapp was the third incident in 18 months requiring Unit 5 intervention.

Andrew Miller has volunteered with Lexington's cheer squad since 2024. He was placed on administrative leave in the wake of a police investigation that's taken him off the job at Chiddix Junior High. On Friday afternoon, Lexington High's cheerleading families were notified of Miller's termination.

Minutes from a Unit 5 school board meeting in 2020 reveal the district's public rebuke of Andrew Miller's alleged behavior while he was a coach at University High School.

Eighth grade social studies teacher Brandon Knapp has been placed on paid administrative leave.

A long-term substitute teacher has been assigned to a seventh grade classroom in Normal following a soft lockdown as police executed a search last week.