Monday, September 8, 2025
Today’s headlines:
- Over the weekend, the Krannert Art Museum in Champaign hosted families for an afternoon of storytelling, gallery exploration and hands-on activities.
- Today is 988 Day. This day is meant to raise awareness about the National Alliance on Mental Illness support hotline.
- A west suburban police department is sharing details about the inadvertent release of license plate data with federal immigration officials.
- Immigration officials will be limited in how they can use a suburban naval base as a staging ground this month.
In today’s deep dive, an algal bloom in Mattoon’s water reservoirs forced the city to place a do-not-drink order in place this earlier this summer.
217 Today is produced by Stephanie Orellana. Reporting today contributed by Diana Zhang, Yvonne Boose, Mawa Iqbal, Alex Degman and Jim Meadows.