Durbin tests positive again for COVID-19
It’s the third time he has had a positive test in a year.
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2-year-old grandson of Bucks coach Adrian Griffin dies in CU
The coroner’ office says preliminary reports from an autopsy conducted Monday showed no evidence of trauma or foul play.
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217 Today: Drought made Midwest and Great Plains crops look ‘like death.’ Recent rains bring some hope
July 24, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Station Theatre in Urbana is preparing for the opening of “Ride the Cyclone.” Illinois leaders hope a Joliet electric vehicle plant will help draw more EV-makers to the state. Illinois U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth says she will oppose cuts to any of the specialized positions at the 182nd Airlift…
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‘Ride the Cyclone’ raises questions about worthwhile lives
URBANA — The Station Theatre in Urbana is preparing for the opening of its next musical: “Ride the Cyclone.” In the show by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, a roller coaster accident kills five students, and a magical fortune-telling machine offers to bring one of them back to life. However, the teens must compete for…
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Drought, deluge and the climate curious farmers of central Illinois
The state’s largest industry can’t ignore global warming — but change can be slow and expensive. Here’s what farmers say is tipping the scales for them now.
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
Tony Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create “a hit catalog rather than hit records,” which he accomplished through more than 70 albums.
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217 Today: Sinfonia da Camera hosts piano institute, announces season 40
Friday, July 21, 2023 Today’s headlines: Football players are filing lawsuits against Northwestern University and their coach for hazing. Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian is opening its first showroom in Chicago in September. Striking screenwriters and actors rallied at Chicago’s Millennium Park Thursday — as the labor dispute that has halted Hollywood spread to more cities….
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Sinfonia da Camera hosts piano institute, announces season 40
The University of Illinois Summer Piano Institute returns during the week of July 24.
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Champaign, Coles, Douglas & Vermilion Counties under TStorm Watch until 10pm
The National Weather Service in Lincoln says thunderstorms are possible in Central Illinois on Thursday afternoon. [2:57 PM] The storms in Vermilion and Edgar Counties have moved into Indiana, but much of Clark County is being affected by another storm which could produce some gusty winds and small hail as it drifts slowly towards the…
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217 Today: Illinois Supreme Court becomes the first state to end cash bail system
Thursday, July 20, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois will eliminate cash bail in September after the state supreme court upheld a law that made it so courts could only hold someone pretrial if they were a risk to public safety or likely to try and flee. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul Wednesday joined his Democratic peers…
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Miller lashes out at Pritzker, Springfield YMCA on House Floor
Rep. Miller says on House Floor that a teen was kicked out of a Springfield YMCA despite the family saying they ended their membership.
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Drought made Midwest and Great Plains crops look ‘like death.’ Recent rains bring some hope
Dryness in the Great Plains began spreading east this year, affecting much of the Midwest and endangering crops, livestock and river shipping. Recent rains have been a god-send, but will it be enough to loosen the years-long drought? Around the end of June, Ryan Krenk didn’t want to even look at his corn fields. Deep…
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Mental health crisis line 988 fields significantly more calls, 12 times as many texts in first year
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. When 24-year-old Marie texted 988 last December, she was in the middle of a dissociative episode that left her unable to speak….
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Durbin applauds Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s zero-low emission bus fleet
The MTD retired their final four full diesel buses back in May, making their fleet full of 116 hybrid buses and two fuel cell buses that run on hydrogen.
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217 Today: New provost comes to U of I after increasing diverse enrollment
July 19, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a law eliminating cash bail throughout the state on Tuesday. State residents no longer need a doctor’s note to change their gender on their birth certificates. The head of an agency investigating alleged sexual misconduct by Chicago cops involving migrants says the city has not…
