1 00:00:00,709 --> 00:00:04,510 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,510 --> 00:00:07,570 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington Normal for No King's protests. 3 00:00:07,829 --> 00:00:10,670 Speaker 1: It was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations critical 4 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:14,229 Speaker 1: of the Trump administration. At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson 5 00:00:14,229 --> 00:00:17,540 Speaker 1: cited the war in Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration 6 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:21,270 Speaker 1: enforcement as her main concerns. Get rid of ICE. Don't 7 00:00:21,270 --> 00:00:23,489 Speaker 1: need them. It's awful. 8 00:00:24,530 --> 00:00:27,270 Speaker 1: The tariffs that he did. 9 00:00:28,530 --> 00:00:32,090 Speaker 1: I mean, everything is going up in price, you know, 10 00:00:32,409 --> 00:00:35,529 Speaker 1: it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers claimed at 11 00:00:35,529 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: least 8 million people gathered at more than 3300 events 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,449 Speaker 1: across all 50 states. 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,168 Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington has taken delivery of a new 14 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:47,009 Speaker 1: silo storage module for powdered activated carbon. That's what the 15 00:00:47,009 --> 00:00:49,470 Speaker 1: city uses to address water taste and odor issues that 16 00:00:49,470 --> 00:00:50,810 Speaker 1: have cropped up occasionally. 17 00:00:51,279 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lucien says till now department workers have 18 00:00:53,959 --> 00:00:56,689 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot, 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: and powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,740 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so just a little bit of wind 21 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: could actually blow this material. Lushin says a contractor is 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,599 Speaker 1: also pouring foundations for a support building for the equipment 23 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:13,459 Speaker 1: used to inject the carbon into water during the treatment process, 24 00:01:13,839 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: and a Tennessee man who chose to represent himself in 25 00:01:15,839 --> 00:01:18,518 Speaker 1: McLean County Court has been sentenced to decades in prison 26 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: for a 2023 armed robbery. 27 00:01:20,860 --> 00:01:22,779 Speaker 1: WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. 28 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:24,069 Speaker 2: Prosecutors 29 00:01:24,069 --> 00:01:27,470 Speaker 2: called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted wound 30 00:01:27,470 --> 00:01:30,269 Speaker 2: in what was scheduled as a 1-hour sentencing hearing late 31 00:01:30,269 --> 00:01:33,510 Speaker 2: last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked for 32 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:36,819 Speaker 2: and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing to 33 00:01:36,819 --> 00:01:40,190 Speaker 2: represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional rights 34 00:01:40,190 --> 00:01:42,690 Speaker 2: in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 35 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:46,989 Speaker 2: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 36 00:01:46,989 --> 00:01:50,190 Speaker 2: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 37 00:01:50,190 --> 00:01:53,830 Speaker 2: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 38 00:01:54,309 --> 00:01:59,029 Speaker 2: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 39 00:01:59,349 --> 00:02:01,550 Speaker 2: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 40 00:02:01,550 --> 00:02:04,550 Speaker 2: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 41 00:02:04,550 --> 00:02:06,930 Speaker 2: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Wenicky. 42 00:02:07,230 --> 00:02:11,190 Speaker 1: You can find more stories at WGLT.org. I'm Lou Warner.