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2 Ford County Men Plead Guilty to Attacks on Minnesota Mosque and Champaign Clinic

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Muslim leader in Minnesota is calling for life in prison for two men who admitted to bombing a mosque in 2017. Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. Their pipe bomb damaged the Dar al-Farooq mosque in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington but did not hurt anyone. Jaylani Hussein is executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota. He sys life sentences are necessary to send a message that such acts won't be tolerated. McWhorter and Morris are from the Ford County town of Clarence.

 

(Champaign--jc)  -- Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup is releasing the name of a male subject involved in a shooting early Thursday morning in the 800 block of Fairoaks Drive in Champaign, Illinois. Dehrone M. Hobbs, age 38, of Champaign, Illinois was pronounced dead at 5:44AM in the Carle Foundation Hospital Emergency Department. Mr. Hobbs died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds he received during this incident. An autopsy is scheduled for this afternoon at the Champaign County Regional Autopsy Facility. An inquest may be held at a later date. This death is under investigation by the Coroner’s Office and the Champaign Police Department.

 

 

The David Davis Mansion State Historic site in Bloomington will celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 210th Birthday on February 9th with a meet and greet with President Lincoln himself. WPXN’s Braedon Arnett has the story.

 


 

(Champaign--ab) Homelessness is a problem that seems so far away in the big cities of Chicago, St. Louis or Indianapolis, but its a problem affecting those close to home in Champaign-Urbana.  One Winter's night is a project on the first february to fundraise and raise awareness of the problem of homelessness. Rob Dalhaus executive director of C-U- At home gives an introduction of the event

 

 

Rob Dalhaus executive director of C-U- At home

 

(Buckley--ab) A free federal crop insurance meeting is set for a Southern Iroquois County High School later this morning. The event, which includes a free meal, takes place at Buckley Christ Lutheran high school at 11-30.  Larry Abbe of Abbe Insurance and Diversified Insurance says information given is essential to farm planning for the year...

 

 

Abbe Insurance, Diversified Insurance Owner Larry Abbe. More information is found by calling Abbe Insurance in Buckley at 217-394-2243.


 

(Champaign--jc)  Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is reporting a local case of measles. Local Health Department officials say exposure to the fast moving disease happened at various locations in mid-January. They included January 12 and 13th at Texas Roadhouse in Champaign, also on January 14th on the University of Illinois campus at the Psych building, Mumford Hall and David Kinley Hall. Other exposure sites were on the 17 and 18th at the McKinley Health Center and Saturday January 19th at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Measles spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It is so contagious that if one person has it, 9 out of 10 people around him or her will also become infected if they are not protected..


 

 

(Chatsworth--jc)  It’s a showcase of businesses around the Chatsworth area on Saturday. The expo is set 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  at three different venues in downtown Chatsworth. The locations include, the Central Illinois Connection Center, the American Legion Hall and Bluebird Hall. Those attending will enjoy items from area restaurants to home based businesses and construction businesses.

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(Undated--jc)  -- Yes its cold outside. So cold that, Public Health Department officials, Illinois State Police and school leaders remind the public to bundle up. Other weather tips include to have an emergency kit in your vehicle and your home. Make sure to keep in contact with those traveling to work or other destinations and look in on your elderly neighbor. The wind chills are in the negative teens to negative 23 degrees throughout the WPXN listening area.

 

(Springfield--jc) --  Illinois Governor J-B Pritzker says a new executive order will help protect immigrants and refugees in Illinois.  The order requires the Illinois Department of Human Services to expand access to welcoming centers and to also provide more information about state programs  Governor Pritzker says Illinois needs to support immigrant families…

 

 

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

One in 6 workers in Illinois is an immigrant.


 

 

(Champaign--ba)  Community college students interested in science are invited to conduct research as part of a paid 10-week biology research program at Parkland College and the University of Illinois. WPXN’s Braedon Arnett has the details.

 

 

 

(Buckley--jc)  A lunch fundraiser for Christian Education is set for one Iroquois County school. The spaghetti lunch is set for February 3 at Buckley based Christ Lutheran High School says school Executive Director Sandy Spitz…

 

 

C-L-H-S Executive Director Sandy Spitz   The cost for the meal is a free will donation for Christ Lutheran High School of Buckley.

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Governor J.B. Pritzker is asking the Illinois Supreme Court for more time to consider legal options on his predecessor's claim that negotiations with the state's largest public employee union are at a stalemate. The Democrat's lawyers asked the court Thursday for a 90-day deadline extension to seek an appeal of a lower court ruling that went against former Governor Bruce Rauner. An appeal is unlikely. Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh (ah-boo-DAY'-uh) says that Pritzker's " priority is to return to the bargaining table.." Rauner broke off contract talks with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 two years ago. He said talks were at an inextricable "impasse".

 

 

(Rantoul--jc) --  Rantoul officials says an underground electrical area on the village’s west side was the reason that some homes and businesses lost power on Wednesday morning. In updating our story, the area in question was different that the power outage earlier in the month. This area is in support of a construction project for the New Shields Autocenter in Rantoul. Rantoul Electric Department personnel were on the scene for several hours to correct the problem.

 

 

(Springfield--jc)---  Illinois has one of the highest levels of childhood lead poisoning in the country and in an effort to combat the problem, the state is lowering the level of lead in blood that requires public health intervention. New rules from the Illinois Department of Public Health cut those levels by half, which is in line with standards set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The changes are designed to get help to those who need it earlier says Deanna Durica, director of the Cook County Health Department's Lead poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Unit. The rules now allow public health interventions for children with blood lead levels of 5 micrograms per deciliter. The previous limit that triggered intervention was 10 micrograms per deciliter.

 

(Paxton--jc)  -- One local restaurant is hosting a brew contest. The Harvest Ale House in downtown Paxton features a wide variety of micro-brews as choices. The local eatery has created a new flavor of beer and is looking for a new name. The beer is a cream ale and with a biscuity malt backbone. You can enter the contest on line and the winner of the contest gets  a 50 dollar gift certificate to the Harvest Ale House. The contest runs through February 3rd and a winner will be announced February 4th.

 

(Watseka--jc)  -- It was a site to see in Watseka on Thursday afternoon. Local and

Illinois State Police  helped an oversized semi load through the Iroquois County city.  The twelve sets of double tires on each side help carry the steel cargo load safety through the city on its ways to a construction site.

 

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