217 Today: One medical school wants more students to become doctors in rural areas

217 Today: One medical school wants more students to become doctors in rural areas

ByFarrah Anderson

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker Wednesday intends to announce plans to lift the indoor mask mandate that has been in place since August. A bill to protect possible victims of sexual assault and harassment has passed the U.S. House and will now go to the Senate. Unit 4 announced after the Champaign teachers’…

People holding signs walk behind a man with a bullhorn.

Tense Champaign teacher contract negotiations revive parent’s memories of Homer strike

ByEmily Hays

CHAMPAIGN — Two weeks after Champaign teachers voted to allow a potential strike, one parent is experiencing déjà vu. Amy Dunn was in sixth grade in 1986 when negotiations broke down between Homer teachers and their school board. Teachers went on a strike that lasted eight months – possibly the longest teachers’ strike in U.S….