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  • Champaign Police investigate ‘agency culture’ of not following domestic violence reporting laws
    Community | Criminal Justice

    Champaign Police investigate ‘agency culture’ of not following domestic violence reporting laws

    ByFarrah Anderson October 9, 2023October 10, 2023

    This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana Civic Police Data Project of the Invisible Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit public accountability journalism organization, and IPM Newsroom, which provides news about Illinois & in-depth reporting on Agriculture, Education, the Environment, Health, and Politics, powered by Illinois Public…

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  • The region is in the thick of “a synthetic drug crisis”
    Health

    The region is in the thick of “a synthetic drug crisis”

    BySide Effects Public Media September 19, 2023

    More than 100,000 people died of an opioid overdose nationwide in 2022 and more than two-thirds of those deaths involved synthetic opioids. Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids to reduce pain. In contrast, natural opioids — including heroin, morphine,…

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  • Gov. Pritzker stopped in Champaign to promote his budget, especially its spending for early childhood programs
    Education | Politics

    Gov. Pritzker stopped in Champaign to promote his budget, especially its spending for early childhood programs

    ByJim Meadows June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

    Governor J-B Pritzker and other state officials visited Champaign’s International Prep Academy Wednesday, part of the governor’s tour of the state to promote education spending in the new state budget.

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  • Statewide task force aims to decrease barriers for immigrants in Illinois
    Politics | Race & Culture

    Statewide task force aims to decrease barriers for immigrants in Illinois

    ByLuis Velazquez-Perez May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

    These are a few of the recommendations in a new report by the state’s Immigrant Impact Task Force, a group created by the General Assembly in 2021 to help immigrant communities.

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  • Danville’s new abortion restriction could trigger a legal showdown
    Politics

    Danville’s new abortion restriction could trigger a legal showdown

    ByFarrah Anderson May 3, 2023May 4, 2023

    The vote for abortion access restrictions in Danville was tied by city council 7 to 7. Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr. broke the tie by voting for restrictions.

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  • Tornadoes strike Arkansas, Illinois; 4 dead, dozens injured
    Environment | Weather

    Tornadoes strike Arkansas, Illinois; 4 dead, dozens injured

    ByAssociated Press March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

    Authorities said a theater roof collapsed during a tornado in Belvidere, Illinois, killing one person and injuring 28.

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  • Danville could soon have an abortion provider, but opponents are pushing back
    Health | Politics

    Danville could soon have an abortion provider, but opponents are pushing back

    ByFarrah Anderson March 28, 2023April 30, 2023

    DANVILLE – Abortion rights opponents are pushing back against a proposed clinic in the Vermilion County city.  It’s been decades since Danville had an abortion provider, Deb Brinegar, a Danville resident, said. She argues that should not changed.  “Abortion disappeared from our community about 30 years ago,” Brinegar said. “So this is really heartbreaking that it’s…

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  • No longer ancient history: Woolly mammoth returns to University of Illinois for the first time in over 10,000 years
    Arts & Culture

    No longer ancient history: Woolly mammoth returns to University of Illinois for the first time in over 10,000 years

    ByFarrah Anderson March 27, 2023March 25, 2023

    CHAMPAIGN – After an over 10,000-year absence, the woolly mammoth is finally back on the University of Illinois campus.  A 16-foot-tall sculpture of a mammoth was installed last week in between the Illini Union and the Natural History Building. The sculpture could serve as a reminder that mammoths lived in Champaign-Urbana, University of Illinois professor…

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  • It’s not Madigan’s trial, but the feds’ big upcoming case is all about the former speaker
    Politics

    It’s not Madigan’s trial, but the feds’ big upcoming case is all about the former speaker

    ByIllinois Public Radio March 14, 2023

    Michael J. Madigan will likely never step foot in the federal courtroom where four former political power players are about to face trial, accused of trying to bribe the longtime Illinois House speaker to benefit ComEd. But the case starting Tuesday is all about Madigan. And once it’s underway, it is expected to finally pull…

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  • After a lawsuit and a no-show game, Vermilion County’s professional hockey team ceases operations
    Community | Sports

    After a lawsuit and a no-show game, Vermilion County’s professional hockey team ceases operations

    ByFarrah Anderson February 13, 2023February 12, 2023

    DANVILLE – The Vermilion County Bobcats made national headlines after failing to show at a game against the Quad City Storm on Feb. 5.  Just days later, the Bobcats released a statement on Twitter announcing the team was ceasing operations effective immediately. The team did not respond to requests for comment. Jamie Gooch, who was…

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  • New Philadelphia is Illinois’ newest national park — now one of over 30 sites dedicated to Black history in the U.S.
    Race & Culture

    New Philadelphia is Illinois’ newest national park — now one of over 30 sites dedicated to Black history in the U.S.

    ByFarrah Anderson February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

    CHAMPAIGN — Gerald McWorter — a professor in African American Studies at the University of Illinois — said he grew up hearing stories about his great-great-grandfather, Frank McWorter.  “Free Frank,” a former slave who bought his own freedom, founded New Philadelphia, Illinois in 1836. The town was an incorporated town for fifty years — and…

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  • Police report: Champaign shootings dropped by half in 2022
    Criminal Justice | Race & Culture

    Police report: Champaign shootings dropped by half in 2022

    ByFarrah Anderson January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

    The report — released this month — credits an increase in community engagement as the cause. 

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  • The third monkeypox case in Champaign County is at a daycare center
    Community | Health

    The third monkeypox case in Champaign County is at a daycare center

    ByHarrison Malkin August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

    CHAMPAIGN — An adult employee at a daycare facility in Rantoul has come down with monkeypox. The “patient is doing well and the case poses little risk to general public,” the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced on Friday. They’re currently investigating the case.  According to The News-Gazette, it’s the state’s first case of monkeypox at…

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  • Patients seeking help for long COVID are getting more options for treatment
    Health

    Patients seeking help for long COVID are getting more options for treatment

    BySide Effects Public Media July 20, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD — While COVID may not be top of mind for people anymore, the pandemic isn’t over. And for some who have had COVID, neither is their illness. Many patients with long COVID experience symptoms for weeks or months after their initial infection has passed. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s4780019/audio/2022/07/20220719-secovid2wayweb-edit.mp3 Listen to this story here.  Nationwide, 1 in 5…

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  • Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ approach aims to plug gaps
    Health

    Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ approach aims to plug gaps

    BySide Effects Public Media July 19, 2022

    If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (En Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Beginning July 16, the Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988. CHICAGO — After a bad breakup, 19-year-old…

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