Museum Launches Exhibit Exploring Opioid Crisis
Communities across the Midwest have been devastated by the opioid epidemic. But there’s still a lot of misunderstanding about how opioids affect our…
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Illini And Dosunmu Fall 70-69 To Michigan State
An epic comeback literally slipped away from the Illini men’s basketball team last night, when a driving Ayo Dosunmu lost his footing and crumpled to the floor as time expired in a 70-69 loss to Michigan State.
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News Around Illinois – February 12, 2020
Actor Jussie Smollett Faces 6 New Charges In Chicago CHICAGO – Actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted for a second time on charges of lying to police about a racist and anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on himself last year in downtown Chicago. The indictment came from a special prosecutor who was appointed after Cook…
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Democrats Challenging Rodney Davis Face Off At Forum
CHAMPAIGN – A candidate’s forum in Champaign Monday night featured the two Democrats competing for the chance to challenge 13th District U.S. Representative Rodney Davis in November. Betsy Dirksen Londrigan lost to Davis by a less than one percent margin in 2018. The Springfield resident said she’s continuing her campaign on issues like healthcare and…
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Snow Forecasted For Central Illinois Wednesday PM-Thursday
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Central Illinois, including Champaign-Urbana, Danville and Decatur. It is in effect Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-Thursday 10:00 a.m. Meteorologists are predicting the area will receive 4-to-6 inches of snow. Snowfall will be at its heaviest on Wednesday night. The advisory area includes Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar,…
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Lack Of Access, Long Waitlists: Education In Illinois Prisons
When Ralph Gray transferred from one prison in Illinois to another, he didn’t know the move would mean sacrificing access to an education. Gray guessed he was 16 credits shy of receiving an associates degree from Lake Land College, a community college that offers classes in several prisons in Illinois, when he left Western Illinois…
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Illinois To Conduct In-State Testing For 2019 Novel Coronavirus
State public health officials announced Tuesday that Illinois has become the first to conduct in-state testing for the 2019 novel coronavirus. Since mid-January, travelers coming from Wuhan, China, have been directed through one of five airports equipped to conduct screening, including O’Hare airport in Chicago. Travelers from Hubei province and other parts of mainland China may…
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Monsanto’s Defense: Fungal Disease, Not Dicamba, To Blame For Peach Farmer’s Problems
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – For the past two weeks of a federal trial brought by Missouri’s largest peach farm against German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF, the focus has been on the weed killer dicamba.
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News Around Illinois – February 11, 2020
13th District Democratic Primary Candidates Discuss Issues At Forum CHAMPAIGN – Healthcare was a major issue for both Betsy Dirksen Londrigan and Stefanie Smith at a candidate’s forum in Champaign Monday evening. But the two Democrats competing to run against U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis in Illinois’ 13th District disagreed on what’s the best plan. Smith,…
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IL Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas To Retire
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas is retiring from the bench after nearly 20 years. The judge, who has led careers in both law and athletics, plans to practice privately at a personal injury firm in Chicago. Thomas will join his son at Power Rogers, which represented the justice in a 2006 defamation…
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Student Survey: 1 In 5 U Of I Women Experience Sexual Assault, Most Tell No One
A new University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign survey finds most students who experience sexual misconduct don’t tell anyone. Campus officials say the findings of the Spring 2019 Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct are a signal that they need to do more to encourage victims to come forward.
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News Around Illinois – February 10, 2020
OSF Healthcare Touts Emergency Care App URBANA – OSF Healthcare is encouraging people to install an app on their phone that will alert them when people nearby are in need of life-saving CPR. The PulsePoint app launched a couple years ago in Peoria and Champaign counties and recently expanded to Vermilion county. The American Heart Association says the…
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NASA Names Spacecraft For Bradley Alum, First Black Astronaut
NASA is naming a spacecraft after a Bradley University graduate who was the first African American chosen to be an astronaut.
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Duckworth Expresses Concerns About Impeachment Aftermath And State Of Venezuela
Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth says there is a deep division in the country that does not help the political process.
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5 Takeaways From The Last Democratic Debate Before The New Hampshire Primary
The pressure was on for the Democratic candidates. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood out, but is it too little too late? Others tried to draw clear distinctions.
