Rantoul Bus Service Begins November 1
A new bus service is expected to start running in Rantoul starting in November.
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ITT Technical Institute To Cease Operations Friday
The for-profit college ITT Technical Institute said in a federal filing that it will cease operations on Friday. Carmel, Indiana-based ITT Educational Services Inc. said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it would stop services a little more than a week after it announced it would close all of its campuses. At the same time, Parkland College and other community colleges are stepping in to help displaced students.
Lawyers Questioned Over Indiana’s Syrian Refugees Order
Attorneys defending Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's order to bar state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in his state have been fiercely questioned by a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago zeroed in on the intelligence and intent behind the Republican vice presidential candidate's order.
McFadden Claims 2nd Gold Medal; U Of I Athletes Dominate
University of Illinois graduate Tatyana McFadden has her second gold medal to go with one silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She and two colleagues from the U of I (Amanda McGrory and Chelsea McClammer) swept the medals in the women's 1500 meters Tuesday.
Homelessness Prevention; Women And Computer Science; Urban Gardening
On the 21st: We discussed a new study about homelessness and learned what may be driving an increase in the number of women getting into computer science in Illinois. We also learned about an urban gardening program that provides job training for at-risk youth.