Free And Reduced-Cost Lunches Served Up At Champaign County Schools
The number of children receiving free and reduced-cost lunches in Champaign County is on the rise as numbers across the country decline.
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ADOPT Program Helps Inmates And The Dogs They Train
According to estimates from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, a vast majority of those released from state prisons end up back behind bars within five years. Many facilities now offer educational and vocational programs to end that cycle, including one prison just across the border in Indiana.
Data Trackers: License Plate Scanning Technology Raises Privacy Questions
Automatic license plate readers, like many technologies available to law enforcement, offer power that police praise and civil rights advocates consider warily. ALPRs, as they’re known, can scan and record thousands of license plates every hour.
Running Pro and Boston Marathon Champion Amby Burfoot Takes On The Illinois Half
Amby Burfoot won the 1968 Boston Marathon. Since then he’s gone on to change the face of running though his stint as Editor-In-Chief of Runner’s World. Burfoot was in town for the Illinois Marathon Expo. He talked with us after his presentation at the expo. He’ll be running the half marathon tomorrow.
