Police report: Champaign shootings dropped by half in 2022
The report — released this month — credits an increase in community engagement as the cause.
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California shooter kills 10 at dance club; motive unclear
The Monterey Park slayings sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in region and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide.
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Champaign planetarium teaches Latino families about the stars in Spanish
The William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College continues to teach about the galaxy in Spanish at their dome-shaped theater.
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Judge issues restraining order against Illinois assault weapons ban
The ruling only affects 866 plaintiffs who sued to overturn the law. For the rest of the state, the ban on assault weapons remains in place.
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DCFS, director face lawsuit filed on behalf of jailed wards
Suit claims department held the children past release dates.
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At World Economic Forum, Pritzker plays role of Illinois’ ‘best chief marketing officer’
Governor touts accomplishments from energy and infrastructure to assault weapons ban.
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‘We’ve seen an uptick in some aggressive behaviors.’ State task force talks increase in school violence
ROCKFORD — Around one-third of teachers in the U.S. say they’ve experienced at least one incident of verbal harassment or threat of violence from students during the pandemic. That’s according to a 2022 survey from the American Psychological Association. It’s a big jump from before COVID, when 10% of teachers reported being threatened. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2023/01/0118safef.mp3 Listen…
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217 Today: Why violence is increasing in Illinois’ K-12 schools
Friday, January 20, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Illinois State Board of Education unanimously approved a budget advanced by outgoing state superintendent Carmen Ayala Wednesday. The family of a Springfield man who suffocated after being strapped face down to a stretcher has filed a civil lawsuit against the ambulance company and two EMT’s. The William M….
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David Crosby, rock musician and CSNY co-founder, dies at 81
The brash rock musician evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young.
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Former Champaign Mayor Don Gerard hopes to return to the office.
There will be three candidates on the ballot for mayor of Champaign in the April 4th consolidated election. This first report on the Champaign mayoral race, looks at Don Gerard, a candidate who’s held the office in the past. “I think that I got a lot done,” says the 57-year-old Gerard, who defeated incumbent Gerald…
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217 Today: Why are University of Illinois Chicago faculty on strike?
Thursday, January 19, 2023 Today’s headlines: A judge in downstate Effingham County heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ new assault weapons ban. The Illinois State Water Plan has been updated for the first time since 1984. Plans for a third cannabis dispensary in Danville have been scrapped after the Danville City Council on Tuesday…
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Plans for a new cannabis dispensary in Danville go up in smoke
CHAMPAIGN – Danville has no plans to welcome a third cannabis dispensary anytime soon. The Danville City Council on Tuesday denied a special-use zoning permit to open a new dispensary in the Lynch Road corridor. That vote came after the decision to amend the city’s zoning ordinance to allow one or more cannabis…
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Holmes erupts for 30 as No. 6 Hoosiers beat No. 21 Illini 83-72
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Grace Berger added 18 points to lead No. 6 Indiana to an 83-72 win over No. 21 Illinois on Wednesday. Holmes hit six of seven shots and scored 14 points in the third quarter as the Hoosiers (17-1, 7-1 Big Ten)…
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Peoria Planned Parenthood clinic will be closed for months after Sunday’s arson fire
The Peoria health center doesn’t offer in-clinic abortions, but it does provide abortion pills and other sexual health services, including sexually-transmitted infection testing and treatment, pregnancy tests, and transgender hormone therapy.
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Gun lobby, stores file federal challenge to assault weapons ban, arguing it violates ‘right to keep and bear common arms’
The Illinois State Rifle Association lawsuit appears to be the first in federal court to challenge Illinois’ new weapons ban, but it is part of a burgeoning legal effort aimed at undoing the new law. Other lawsuits have been filed in state court.
