How Many Census Forms Have Been Returned?
This digital embed shows the cumulative response rate of households that sent their family information to the Census Bureau online, by telephone or via mail. Data as of August 26. This chart is current as of Aug. 26, 2020, and will be updated. Source: U.S. Census.
WATCH LIVE: 2020 Republican National Convention Day 4
Follow live updates and analysis of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. Coverage of the Republican speakers beginning at 8 p.m. CST. They will include President Donald Trump, businesswoman Ivanka Trump, an adviser to and daughter of the president, and Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City and one of the president’s lawyers. […]
Ill. Teen Charged In Kenosha Shooting That Killed 2, Hurt 1
Updated at Thursday at 7:15 p.m.: Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the wounding of a third. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley filed the charges against Kyle Rittenhouse Thursday afternoon. The charges include one count of first-degree intentional homicide; one count of first-degree […]
Greenville Officials Hopeful U Of I’s COVID-19 Tests Will Help Their Campus Stay Open
GREENVILLE – A private college in southern Illinois is working with the University of Illinois to evaluate the effectiveness of the U of I’s COVID-19 Shield program on containing the spread of the virus at a small, rural campus. The program relies on a rapid, saliva-based test developed by U of I researchers, as well […]
Black Farmers Sue Bayer, Urging Federal Court To Take Roundup Off The Market
A group of Black farmers says the ag giant’s nearly $11 billion settlement of Roundup-related lawsuits earlier this summer wasn’t enough — they want the corporation to stop selling it.
News Around Illinois – Aug. 27, 2020
Women Gets 6 Years For Driving Off Unfinished Highway Bridge URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman who admitted being drunk when she drove off an unfinished bridge onto a highway, seriously injuring a man, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Ashia Marshall, 30, wept in court Wednesday as she expressed remorse […]
Illinois Teen Arrested After Fatal Shootings Of 2 Kenosha, Wis., Protesters
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The shootings took place on the third night of protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Need Body Cameras? Sell City Hall
The City of DeKalb is selling the old City Hall building and using some of those funds to buy body cams for police. Not everyone is on the same page….