Task Force Searches For Solutions To Opioid Addiction
The governor’s new Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force made a stop in Urbana Thursday, to hear ways to curtail drug abuse in the state.
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Trump Uses Executive Pen To Chip Away At ‘Obamacare’
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that's intended to provide more options for people shopping for health insurance. The president invoked his power of the pen after repeated Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act have failed.
Illinois Lags Behind In College Affordability; Bobcat Hunting Permits Double; Seniors Facing Hunger
On the 21st: Illinois' tuition and fees at public colleges are the fifth highest in the nation. How did we get here? Plus, how the once-endangered bobcat is now a part of hunting season. But first, the challenges seniors - especially in rural areas - face with getting the food they need for a healthy lifestyle.
In Small Towns, Planned Parenthood Fills A Need For Transgender Health Services
For people seeking transgender health services in Peoria, Illinois, chances are the first person they’ll talk to is Dana Garber. Garber is the transgender hormone intake coordinator at the Peoria Planned Parenthood, the only clinic in the area that offers hormone-replacement therapy for people seeking gender transition.
Christensen Arraigned On New Charges In Yingying Zhang Disappearance
A public defender entered a “not guilty” plea Wednesday for Brendt Christensen, the 28-year-old man accused of kidnapping and killing Yingying Zhang. The brief arraignment hearing before Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long at the federal courthouse in Urbana came after an emotional outburst from Yingying’s mother.