State highway shootings decline as critics sue over ‘dragnet surveillance’
Same group that successfully blocked election ‘slating’ law takes aim at highway cameras.
217 Today: Saxophonist Reginald Lewis discusses the importance of Black Music Appreciation Month
Friday, June 21, 2024 Today’s headlines: The heat wave over central Illinois will continue through Wednesday, with high humidity and temperatures in the mid-90s. Illinois voters will not be asked this November whether abortion access should be enshrined in the state constitution despite efforts from pro-abortion rights groups. The head of the Illinois Republican Party announced his…
Concerns raised in Monticello about number of brain cancer cases; Data being collected from the community
This past February at a Monticello City Council meeting, resident Caitlin McClain spoke about her father-in-law who died of brain cancer in 2022. “My father-in-law was a smart, strong, witty man,” McClain said. “He couldn’t talk at all. In fact, the only thing that he could say was ‘I love you’ to his 4-year-old granddaughter,…