Illinois Supreme Court weighs admissibility of ‘reenactment’ in murder case
Case plagued by procedural issues could be retried.
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Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That’s barely below the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit…
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217 Today: He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar
Tuesday, January 9, 2023 Today’s headlines: Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ Carbondale Health Center has been up and running for two weeks now… and staff there say they’ve already seen several out-of-state patients. There is hardly any ice on Lake Michigan — with less than a fraction of one percent currently covering the lake. Researchers at…
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He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar situations
This story includes details of violence some may find disturbing. Shamar Betts can still recall in vivid detail the moment he discovered the dead body of his friend Corsean. It was 2014. Betts was 13 years old at the time. They were hanging out near their middle school on the South Side of Chicago when…
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Illinois suspended player Terrence Shannon, Jr. files legal action to resume playing
Shannon’s attorneys said the suspension was a rush to judgment by the university and he was refused due process. The U of I said it will defend its student-athlete misconduct process.
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US Supreme Court declines to hear 2nd Illinois case challenging state’s ban on semiautomatic weapons
Caulkins and his co-plaintiffs claimed that participation in the decision by two state court justices violated the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection of the laws because they accepted millions of dollars of campaign contributions from gun restriction advocates.
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217 Today: How the Jan. 6 insurrection could impact the next presidential election
Monday, January 8, 2024 Today’s headlines: For decades, Illinois political candidates have routinely signed a loyalty pledge not to overthrow the government. But Republican Donald Trump didn’t do that this year, and it’s becoming a flashpoint in the presidential campaign. We will know for the first time this year how many people in Illinois prisons…
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Trump downplays Jan. 6 on the anniversary of the Capitol siege and calls jailed rioters ‘hostages’
Trump held a pair of commit-to-caucus events in Newton in central Iowa and Clinton in the state’s far east.
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Trey Kaufman-Renn’s breakout night helps No. 1 Purdue hold off No. 9 Illinois 83-78
Marcus Domask had 26 points while Quincy Guerrier finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Fighting Illini, who had won four in a row.
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Amid record overdoses and drug counselor shortage, workforce expansion program aims to fill gap
Joint program offers funds, tuition assistance and stipends for future alcohol and drug counselors.
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217 Today: Deep-pocketed, self-funding candidates and dark money mar Illinois politics
Friday, January 5, 2024 Today’s headlines: Former President Donald Trump’s status as a presidential candidate in Illinois is now being challenged. Illinois will not reach an interim goal of reducing runoff pollution across the state’s waterways. Illinois’ two U.S. Senators are warning Rivian and other non-union automakers not to interfere with unionizing efforts at their plants….
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Illinois Public Media launches Illinois Soul: a new platform amplifying Black voices and music
On February 1, 2024, Illinois Soul will launch on FM 101.1 here in Champaign-Urbana. And outside of the twin cities, you can tune it in on a high definition radio at FM 90.9. HD 2.
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Voters file an objection to Trump’s name on the Illinois ballot
The petition filed Thursday with the Illinois State Board of Elections is similar to those filed in other states.
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Police say 17-year-old killed a sixth grader and wounded five in Iowa school shooting
A spokesperson said three gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to a hospital in the state capital of Des Moines, about 40 miles southeast of Perry.
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Madigan trial delayed until October for SCOTUS review of bribery statute
CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won’t be spending his 82nd birthday in a federal courtroom this spring after a judge on Wednesday granted his request to delay his bribery and racketeering trial originally set to begin April 1. Madigan claimed the small victory while appearing in court for the first time since he…
