Illinois News Roundup - December 15, 2023
Calls for the Illinois NAACP Director to step down, shooting at the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center, and a decade since an EF-4 tornado caused extensive damage.
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Unit 4 superintendent willing to consider ‘drastic’ measures to address ongoing bus driver shortage
Champaign schools faced another semester of transportation issues impacting local students and families. Stacey Moore, the chief communications officer of Champaign Unit 4, said the district is still struggling to hire enough school bus drivers.
The 21st Amendment turns 90 years old
The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution turns 90 this month. What was Illinois' role in ending prohibition?
Teacher of the Year forms non-profit in honor of fallen student
Briana Morales, the Illinois State Board of Education Teacher of the Year for 2023, founded a non-profit called Sisterhood of Hope.
Central Illinoisans celebrate Hanukkah 2023
We'll talk about Hanukkah traditions and what it's like when the world's only Jewish country is at war.