Dryness in the Great Plains began spreading east this year, affecting much of the Midwest and endangering crops, livestock and river shipping. Recent rains have been a god-send, but will it be enough to loosen the years-long drought? Around the end of June, Ryan Krenk didn’t want to even look at his corn fields. Deep…
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. When 24-year-old Marie texted 988 last December, she was in the middle of a dissociative episode that left her unable to speak….
The MTD retired their final four full diesel buses back in May, making their fleet full of 116 hybrid buses and two fuel cell buses that run on hydrogen.
July 19, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a law eliminating cash bail throughout the state on Tuesday. State residents no longer need a doctor’s note to change their gender on their birth certificates. The head of an agency investigating alleged sexual misconduct by Chicago cops involving migrants says the city has not…
New University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Provost John Coleman talks about why he choose the university, his interest in political science, the state of US democracy, and his focus when he arrives July 19.