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Champaign County Board Approves 1200-Acre Solar Farm Near Sidney
The Champaign County Board voted 15 to 2 Thursday night to allow construction of a huge new solar panel farm on a site east of Sidney.
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Two Change Pleas To Guilty In Minnesota Mosque Bombing & Attempted Champaign Clinic Bombing
Two members of a self-styled militia group from Ford County pleaded guilty Thursday in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque, admitting that they hoped the attack would scare Muslims into leaving the country. Michael McWhorter, 29, and Joe Morris , 23, of Clarence, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court to five counts that also included an attempted bombing of a clinic in Champaign that performed abortions. Each faces at least 35 years in prison.
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A Story Of Resilience: How Perry Cline Overcame Incarceration, Heroin Addiction To Earn A Degree
Perry Cline’s story is a remarkable one. He’s a formerly incarcerated 51-year-old man who overcame the odds to graduate from the University of Illinois last month.
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‘Found Footage Festival’ Brings Hilariously Strange Videos to Champaign Audience
The Found Footage Festival showcases the best and funniest discarded videos, found in thrift stores and dumpsters around the country. Illinois Public Media spoke with Nick Prueher, a comedian who co-founded the show with his childhood friend Joe Pickett, to learn more about the origins of the 'Found Footage Festival.'
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Cold-Shooting Illini Fall Again To Wisconsin
The Illini men lost their 14th basketball game of the year, and their fourteenth straight to the Wisconsin Badgers, 72-60 Wednesday night in Champaign.
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Roundtable on the film “Roma” with the 2019 Roger Ebert Fellows
The 2018-19 University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows convened at Chicago Public Radio and WBEZ-FM to record a podcast review of Alfonso Cuaron's film Roma.
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Illinois Latest State To Join U.S. Climate Alliance
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order making Illinois the 18th state to join the Unites States Climate Alliance on Wednesday. The alliance was created when President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate change agreement back in 2017.
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Prisoners With Mental Illness Still Waiting For Treatment
A settlement was reached with Illinois inmates in 2016, when the state agreed to revamp mental health care and provide better treatment. But a federal judge has ruled that care remains “grossly insufficient” and “extremely poor.” The agency has not hired enough mental health staff to provide care to everyone who needs it, and inmates will mental illness suffer as they continue to wait for long-overdue treatment.
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Champaign-Urbana Offers ‘Peace Keeper’ Training To Address Gun Violence
Champaign-Urbana faces an ongoing problem with gun violence. Champaign police report the region had 116 gun-related incidents in 2018, up from 85 the prior year and 112 in 2016. The Champaign-Urbana Area Project is offering training to those who want to help address the problem.
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Change Of Plea Expected For Two Ford County Men In Mosque Bombing Case
Two alleged militia members from Ford County accused of bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017 are due back in court on Thursday for change of plea hearings.