Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose ‘loyalty over truth’
Deliberations begin in obstruction of justice and perjury trial of Tim Mapes.
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217 Today: How truancy lands some Illinois students in court
August 23, 2023 Today’s headlines: Decatur teaching assistants have been without a contract since June. The School Board for Urbana School District 116 has a new recommendation on what to do with Wiley Elementary School after it reopens. Planned Parenthood of Illinois says they are gearing up for more patients coming from Indiana as the…
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Pritzker promotes higher ed funding, calls for nuclear plant bill to be amended
Governor J-B Pritzker hopes lawmakers will come up with an amended version of SB76, a bill he vetoed on August 11 that would have ended Illinois’ moratorium on building nuclear power plants.
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Secretary of State condemns rash of bomb threats at libraries
The Secretary of State’s Office did not say how many threats have been received, or which libraries may have been targeted. News reports indicated some facilities received threats in the Chicago area.
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Immune system could fight solid tumors, per UI researchers
The immune system could be harnessed to fight more types of cancer than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Illinois. When treating cancers without solid tumors, like leukemia and lymphoma, scientists have been able to modify the T cells in a patient’s immune system to attack the cancerous cells. However, that treatment…
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217 Today: How Illinois schools are trying to make truancy less punitive
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Today’s headlines: Governor J.B. Pritzker welcomed the fall class at the University of Illinois’s Urbana campus Monday, with optimistic words about enrollment and funding. The defense in the perjury case against an aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is focusing on a past Madigan investigation. A former midwife at…
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A state program helps farmers donate the food they raise to food banks.
Now, farmers in Illinois can contribute some of the food they produce to food banks though a centralized donation program. This month, Governor J-B Pritzker signed HB2879, which turns a two-year, USDA-funded Farm to Food Bank pilot program into a permanent, state-funded operation.
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217 Today: New permanent program helps farmers donate to food banks
Monday, August 21, 2023 Today’s headlines: The last class of freshmen where race was factored into admissions is starting classes Monday at the University of Illinois. Swedish Hospital on Chicago’s North Side is making changes to its popular midwifery program. Former Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self is coming back to Champaign’s State Farm Center for the first…
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After Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign plans to use socioeconomics, geography instead of race in admissions
“We’ve had a holistic review process that considers all sorts of factors and that [race] has been one of them,” said U of I spokesperson Robin Kaler. That will not be true next year, she said.
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Dr. Nathaniel Horn, the husband of US Rep. Robin Kelly, has died at 68
The Illinois Democrat posted a statement about Horn on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Horn was 68.
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State to put $20 million toward grants for grocers, research into food insecurity
New law aims to alleviate ‘food deserts’ throughout the state.
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217 Today: A planned Illinois bill would require lawyers for kids in police interrogations
August 18, 2023 Today’s headlines: A shelter for unhoused men is set to open later this month in Urbana and some residents are voicing concerns for their safety. The head of Illinois’ Republican Party says there’s a key strategy they should embrace if they hope to win in Illinois. Another phase of Illinois’s largest road project…
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Urbana Public Schools hold two ribbon cuttings to unveil renovations
Renovations at Thomas Paine elementary school and Urbana High School were celebrated.
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Unity – not Trump – is the message at Illinois State Fair Republican Day
Former president present on signage, rarely in speeches.
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New Urbana police chief ready to address violent crime but says it will take the entire community’s help
Chief Boone has been a law enforcement professional for 33 years and retired as Chief of Police in Norfolk, Virginia before finding his way to Urbana.
