Freeze Warning Monday night and snow flurries Tuesday
Freeze Warning: Sunday 10pm-Monday 8am
-
-
217 Today: Rockford Art Gallery Showcases African American Women’s History
Monday, October 30, 2023 Today’s headlines: A sheriff in northwest Illinois is defending a cop who joined an anti-government extremist group. A consortium of businesses, local governments and colleges has until the end of February to turn in an application that could bring tens of millions of federal dollars to central Illinois. Two student groups…
-
U of I student injured in shootout in Campustown, shooters at large
A student at the U of I was injured after a shootout around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday.
-
A ‘magnificent harvest’ for the pumpkin crop in some areas — despite dry conditions
Drought has affected several pumpkin-producing states, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. But rain arrived at the right time to produce a bumper crop in parts of the Midwest. John Ackerman says his pumpkin crop was a good one this year, despite the fact his fields saw no measurable rainfall for weeks in the late spring…
-
UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory
The union says the Stellantis contract also saves jobs at a factory in Belvidere, Illinois, that Stellantis had planned to close.
-
Law enforcement official tells Associated Press that Maine mass killing suspect has been found dead
A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that Robert Card is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
-
217 Today: Teachers talk about the art of relationship-building in the classroom
October 27, 2023 Today’s headlines: Some people with developmental disabilities protested at the Illinois capitol this week as part of their push to be paid the same as everyone else. Substance use disorder — mainly overdosing on fentanyl — was a leading cause of death for pregnant people in Illinois in recent years. The Fighting…
-
With a ceremony, the U.S. Air Force marks the transfer of the last of its Chanute Air Force Base land to civilian hands.
From 1917 to its closure 30 years ago, the base hosted military aircraft from World War One to the Vietnam War, and training programs for more than one million airmen, including the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first African American Air Force pilots.
-
First week of veto session wraps up with little legislative movement
Lawmakers to return to Capitol Nov. 7 to address lingering issues.
-
Maine’s governor Janet Mills says 18 people were killed and 13 were injured in shootings in Lewiston
Police were searching for the man who opened fire at two locations in the Maine town.
-
WILL Call: What’s happening in Champaign-Urbana Oct. 26-31
Look below for information on arts and entertainment around central Illinois. Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Thursday, October 26 CU Jazz Festival…everywhere all weekend Opening night party at Krannert…
-
217 Today: Celebrating ’90s Hip-Hop on stage in Urbana – a deep dive with director Aaron Muñoz
October 26, 2023 Today’s headlines: A measure to let Illinois legislative employees unionize has cleared the state House and is on its way to the Senate. Illinois lawmakers won’t be overriding Governor J.B. Pritzker’s veto of an energy bill. The final piece of property from the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul is now…
-
Celebrating ’90s Hip-Hop on stage in Urbana – a deep dive with director Aaron Muñoz
Urbana – The Realness: a break beat play is a theatrical production focusing on 90s hip-hop culture, set to be staged this November in Urbana. Directed by Aaron Muñoz and organized by Illinois Theatre, the play aims to represent the stories and experiences of this era in hip-hop. The Realness: a break beat play. opens…
-
Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker with broad GOP support
Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker. Republicans eagerly gave Johnson the gavel on Wednesday by a vote of 220-209, with a few absence.
-
Station Theatre’s ‘WROL (Without Rule of Law)’ spotlights preteens’ hopes and fears during societal collapse.
URBANA — A play described as a combination of children’s author Judy Blume and the movie “Rambo” opens at the Station Theatre in Urbana tomorrow night, Oct. 26. “WROL (Without Rule of Law)” by Michaela Jeffery focuses on a group of eighth-grade girls who have lost trust that adults know how to run the world….
