Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
The court says O’Connor died in Phoenix on Friday of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness.
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3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees
As world leaders gather at COP28, the annual climate change negotiations held in Dubai this year, one number will be front and center: 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). That’s the amount countries have agreed to limit warming to by the end of the century. The world is already perilously close to that number. Since…
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Plans for carbon dioxide pipelines raise safety concerns for small town responders in the Midwest
This story is a part of a Harvest Public Media series on carbon capture projects. Read about CO2 pipeline projects being proposed throughout the Midwest and how federal tax credits are helping launch the projects. When Andy Alexander moved into his grandparents’ farmhouse a few years ago, he knew he was moving in next to…
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Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois
Illinois has remains belonging to about 13,000 individuals.
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Champaign County child, 9, struck and killed by freight train while riding bike to school
Police say a 9-year-old child was struck and killed Friday by a freight train in central Illinois as the youngster was apparently riding a bike to school.
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US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado
The V-22B Osprey with 23 Marines on board crashed Sunday in tropical forest on Melville Island while taking part in a drill that includes the militaries of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
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DJ Casper, the Chicagoan who created the ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ dies at 58
Casper was known to music and dance fans around the globe for the hugely popular line dance/song.
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Marchers protest killings of two Black men in Rantoul
RANTOUL – Protesters marched on the streets of Rantoul to demand justice for two young black men, 21-year-old Azaan Lee and 18-year-old Jordan Richardson. Both were killed in separate police-involved shootings this year. On July 29, about 50 people gathered at Christopher Rudzinski Memorial Park and marched to and from the police station chanting the…
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Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH
Jackson is 81 and has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks.
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Coroner identifies the 3 men killed in a Greyhound bus crash near St. Louis
State police say the bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County when it crashed into the semis just before 2 a.m.
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Severe storms bring high winds, heavy rain and tornadoes through Central Illinois
The National Weather Service in Lincoln is advising people in Central Illinois to stay weather aware for high winds, heavy rain, possible tornado and heavy hail on Thursday. Tweets by NWSLincolnIL
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Champaign police are finding new ways to engage with community youth
CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign Police Department began gathering in coffee shops about six years ago for their “Coffee with a Cop” program. This month, they launched a new youth-geared program – “Ice Pops with Cops.” Their most recent “Coffee With A Cop” event was June 6th at the Starbucks on S. Neil St. in Champaign. …
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Decatur’s Dennis Lab students to move to Garfield to avoid structural issues at home school
DECATUR — Kindergarten through 6th graders from Dennis Lab School in Decatur now know where they will attend school in the fall – Garfield Learning Academy. Decatur Public Schools announced last week that it would close both Dennis buildings for a year after engineers found they were not structurally sound. Students were already on summer…
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Urbana schools equity audit finds identity-based bullying rampant
In a survey of about one-thousand students, about half said they had been the victim of hurtful comments. Over half thought bullying was a problem at school.
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LGBTQ+ pride on display at Central Illinois parades, concerts, movies and more this June
Central Illinois pride month events begin with events in Danville and Monticello on Saturday, June 3.
