Construction set to begin on Garden Hills detention pond and recreation area
The Champaign City Council approved the next phase of a $36 million construction project to both reduce flooding and provide recreation in Garden Hills.
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Extremist and racist incidents rising rapidly in Illinois
A new Anti-Defamation League reports that racist propaganda and antisemitic incidents more than doubled last year in Illinois.
Best of: Rethinking Recycling
Even if we’re careful about sorting paper from plastic, and washing that plastic, too, what really happens to our recycling? An Illinois expert says all that paper and plastic you carefully sort from the trash might very well end up in a landfill.
Best of: Book: ‘How to Prepare for Climate Change’ by David Pogue
Many scientists worry that the Earth is on a collision course with climate change and it will have irreversible, deadly consequences. The 21st revisits a conversation with author David Pogue on adapting to our changing climate, as well as increasing mitigation efforts.
The challenge of bringing Spanish language news to downstate communities
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students will soon produce Spanish-speaking newscasts in Central Illinois.