217 Today: Friday May 14, 2021
The sun rises over Clinton Lake each morning as the crew unloads the boats to get on the water. The Illini rowing team leaves campus at 4:50 a.m. to get to practice. Amanda Brennan/WILL Student Newsroom
Friday May 14, 2021
Today's headlines:
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Gov. JB Pritzker's office is shielding itself from blame in the massive COVID outbreak at a state-run veterans' home that killed 36 residents last fall.
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Six Flags Great America is offering 50,000 free tickets for newly vaccinated Illinoisans in an effort to rev up the state's stalled COVID vaccination progress.
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The University of Illinois' new solar farm outside of Savoy is entering its final phase of construction.
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The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is offering a walk-in clinic with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at its office on Friday from 8:30a.m. to 3p.m.
In today's deep dive, we spend a morning with the Illini rowing team at Clinton Lake. WILL student reporter Amanda Brennan takes us there.
Reporting today contributed by Hannah Meisel, Jim Meadows, and Amanda Brennan.