217 Today: Friday May 21, 2021
A socially distanced audience watches the Lyric Theatre department’s production of “The Last American Hammer” in the Krannert Center’s amphitheater. The show combined bluegrass music and opera for a story about a conspiracy theorist and a dying community in rural Ohio. Owen Henderson/WILL Student Newsroom
Friday, May 21, 2021
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A police processional escorted the body of a slain Champaign police officer Thursday from Urbana to Decatur.
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Sex education teaching standards would be updated in Illinois under a bill that passed the State Senate Thursday.
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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is urging Gov. JB Pritzker to reopen the state's unemployment offices to the public after they've been closed for over a year due to the pandemic.
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The Champaign County Board voted 14 to 7 along party lines Thursday night to approve a new county board district map to be used for the next decade.
In today's deep dive, the increase of vaccinations has led to the re-emergence of live theater performances in Champaign-Urbana.
217 Today is produced by Carolina Garibay. Reporting today contributed by Jim Meadows, Christine Hatfield, Derek Cantù, and Owen Henderson.