CU slasher film returns home
“Final Summer” is a Champaign-Urbana-made indie slasher film about a group of counselors at a summer camp who find themselves fighting to stay alive while being hunted down by a masked killer, intended as a love letter to the classic horror films of the 1980s and featuring a local cast and crew. After premiering a […]
217 Today: How Donald Mullally helped save NPR
August 8, 2023 Today’s headlines: Republican state representative Mike Marron is hosting an event for Rantoul residents to find out more about the resources within their community. More than 47,000 Illinois residents have been kicked off their Medicaid plans as of August 1 with more expected to be dropped in the coming months. Lawyers for people […]
Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants
Attorney General Kwame Raoul would make Illinois the eighth state to allow lawsuits against firearms manufacturers or distributors. The plan is part of ongoing efforts by Democratic lawmakers who control the Statehouse to eliminate gun violence.
Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans
Signing ceremony takes place on land that could return to tribal hands