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A former assistant state's attorney and University of Illinois football captain Curtis Lovelace has been acquitted in his second murder trial for the Valentine's Day 2006 death of his first wife. The jury delivered its verdict a little over two hours after closing arguments. Lovelace and members of his family burst into tears after the verdict was read.
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On the 21st: We speak with NYU professor and media critic Jay Rosen about the role of reality, facts, and the American press in 2017. We also meet the Urbana author of a new nonfiction book about the racehorse named Alexandra.
Illinois Democrats want to make it harder for outside political groups to confuse voters with absentee ballot schemes.
Fans of the Champaign-Urbana music scene may know John Isberg from his work with the band Tigerbeat, among others. Now Isberg is turning his love for local music into a documentary called “Where It Begins,” which will focus on music from 1977-2000.
Community and law enforcement leaders in Champaign-Urbana hope they’ve successfully appealed to 11 more young people to turn their lives around. The CU Fresh Start Program held its second quarterly "Call-In" Thursday night, with hopes of deterring gun violence. The panel of those with a history of gun-related behaviors came face to face with family members of gun violence victims, like community leader Seon Willams. "When you act in an inhumane way, the suffering is just beginning," he said.
