FBI arrests 3 Illinois men for bombing of mosque
Officials say they arrested, Michael B. Hari, 47, Joe Morris, 22, Michael McWhorter, 29, and, Ellis Mack, 18, all of Clarence, Ill. That's just 35 miles north of Champaign-Urbana.
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Special Report | Michael Hari: From deputy to abductor to alleged terrorist
Michael B. Hari, charged by the federal government in March 2018 in connection with an August 2017 bombing at a Minnesota mosque and a November 2017 attempted bombing at a Champaign women's clinic, is shown in 2006, left, and July 2017. MICHAEL BENJAMIN HARI has been in the news before - many times, actually.
This day in history, March 8, 2018
On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang. In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.
University of Illinois kidnapping suspect allegedly attended victima s vigil, DOJ says
The man accused of kidnapping a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign allegedly attended a vigil for his suspected victim, according to the Department of Justice. Brendt Christensen, 28, of Champaign, Illinois, was arrested on June 30 and charged with the kidnapping of 26-year-old Yingying Zhang on June 9, the FBI said.
Chinese scholar believed dead; man charged with kidnapping
Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Illinois to show support for a Chinese scholar who disappeared three weeks ago. This undated photo provided by the University of Illinois Police Department shows Yingying Zhang.
Tom’s #Mailbag, Jan. 27, 2017
This week's mailbag includes questions about Attorney General Lisa Madigan's controversial court filing Thursday, a photo of Esteban Tomas, vintage photos of the Boneyard, city parkways, a U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis town hall, the history of political demonstrations in C-U, a new park in Champaign, Urbana recycling and the need for some Sangamon River notoriety. "The Champaign County Young Democrats' official crowd-counter estimated the number of marchers at 5,800 in Saturday's Women's March on CU.
Central Illinois man files lawsuit over flag burning arrest
A 22-year-old central Illinois man who was arrested and detained after posting online pictures of himself burning an American flag has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have the state's flag desecration law declared unconstitutional. Such state laws are already invalid after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separately, in 1989 and 1990, that flag burning and other forms of damage are constitutionally protected free speech.
Tom Kacich: Welcome to the board; now, make a decision
Three weeks ago, they were ordinary citizens. Today, five new Champaign County Board members are less than a month from helping decide the fate of the county nursing home.
U of Illinois won’t be designated ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants
The University of Illinois will not label its three campuses as sanctuaries for immigrant students illegally living in the U.S., school leaders said Tuesday as they pushed aside pressure from faculty and others to make the designation. Petitions from students and faculty at campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield were among efforts by students and others at more than 100 colleges and universities around the country to make the schools sanctuaries for immigrants following President-elect Donald Trump 's promises to crack down on illegal immigration.
Fire Chief Describes How SC Firefighter Took Down Suspected Gunman
At least one person died and dozens more were injured, some seriously, when a NJ Transit commuter train carrying 250 people and traveling at a high rate of ... -- Prince William and Princess Kate left their staff in a momentary state of panic Wednesday when they slid across a railroad bridge perched high above the icy wate... The first shipment of Brazilian beef has arrived in the U.S., with reports saying the initial shipment is a small one that arrived via an American Airlines flight Sept. 27 in ... CHAMPAIGN, Ill.
Mall victims include teen, probation officer, Boeing worker
Five people died in the shooting at a Macy's store in a mall north of Seattle. Authorities do not plan to make their identities public until Tuesday, but details about three of the victims have been reported by... Five people died in the shooting at a Macy's store in a mall north of Seattle.
Black Student Revolutionaries Now Demand Discounted Transgender Dorms At University Of Illinois
Following last academic year's seemingly powerful Black Lives Matter protests, a group called Black Students for Revolution has now issued a 13-demand manifesto at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The protracted set of 13 demands - which, at 3,211 words, clocks in at over 220 percent of the length of the Declaration of Independence - charges that the taxpayer-funded school "acts an extension of a colonial system that profits from the exploitation of historically-looted communities."