Marchers protest killings of two Black men in Rantoul
RANTOUL – Protesters marched on the streets of Rantoul to demand justice for two young black men, 21-year-old Azaan Lee and 18-year-old Jordan Richardson. Both were killed in separate police-involved shootings this year. On July 29, about 50 people gathered at Christopher Rudzinski Memorial Park and marched to and from the police station chanting the […]
8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
Lake Station, Indiana police said Thursday the dogs were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a K-9 training facility in Michigan City, Indiana.
Ranchers got tired of Big Beef taking their profits. So they started their own processing plant
A crane looms above a dusty field just outside of North Platte, Nebraska, where trucks loaded with dirt criss-cross the busy site and workers set up a foundation. Two years ago, an old sewer lagoon took up this stretch of land. Cattails and marshy soil made the field a swampy mess. Today, it’s the […]
Buttigieg visits Savoy to tout infrastructure money for new underpass
After a decade of planning and lobbying, the village has put together enough money to build a new bridge so the train can pass over the traffic.
217 Today: Illinois students will be required to learn about Native American history, sovereignty, genocide and more
July 31, 2023 Today’s headlines: People in Rantoul protested the police-involved shootings of two Black men earlier this year. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill aimed at reintegrating formerly incarcerated people. A new audit is showing massive fraud tied to unemployment benefits paid out by Illinois during the pandemic. The new president of […]