1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,199 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,199 --> 00:00:07,300 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington Normal for No King's protests. 3 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:10,380 Speaker 1: It was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations critical 4 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: of the Trump administration. At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,270 Speaker 1: cited the war in Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration 6 00:00:17,270 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: enforcement as her main concerns. Get rid of ICE. Don't 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,260 Speaker 1: need them. It's awful. 8 00:00:24,299 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: The tariffs that he did. 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,860 Speaker 1: I mean, everything is going up in price, you know, 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,319 Speaker 1: it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers claimed at 11 00:00:35,319 --> 00:00:38,949 Speaker 1: least 8 million people gathered at more than 3300 events 12 00:00:38,950 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: across all 50 states. 13 00:00:41,009 --> 00:00:42,979 Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington has taken delivery of a new 14 00:00:42,979 --> 00:00:46,819 Speaker 1: silo storage module for powdered activated carbon. That's what the 15 00:00:46,819 --> 00:00:49,299 Speaker 1: city uses to address water taste and odor issues that 16 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:50,639 Speaker 1: have cropped up occasionally. 17 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:53,810 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lucien says till now department workers have 18 00:00:53,810 --> 00:00:56,569 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot, 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: and powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,619 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so just a little bit of wind 21 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: could actually blow this material. Lushin says a contractor is 22 00:01:06,559 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: also pouring foundations for a support building for the equipment 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: used to inject the carbon into water during the treatment process. 24 00:01:13,669 --> 00:01:15,750 Speaker 1: And a Tennessee man who chose to represent himself in 25 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:18,470 Speaker 1: McLean County Court has been sentenced to decades in prison 26 00:01:18,470 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: for a 2023 armed robbery. WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. 27 00:01:23,389 --> 00:01:27,059 Speaker 2: Prosecutors called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted 28 00:01:27,059 --> 00:01:29,949 Speaker 2: wound in what was scheduled as a one-hour sentencing hearing 29 00:01:29,949 --> 00:01:33,229 Speaker 2: late last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked 30 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:36,540 Speaker 2: for and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing 31 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:39,910 Speaker 2: to represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional 32 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:42,690 Speaker 2: rights in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 33 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:46,989 Speaker 2: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 34 00:01:46,989 --> 00:01:50,230 Speaker 2: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 35 00:01:50,230 --> 00:01:53,870 Speaker 2: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 36 00:01:54,349 --> 00:01:59,069 Speaker 2: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 37 00:01:59,389 --> 00:02:01,589 Speaker 2: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 38 00:02:01,589 --> 00:02:04,620 Speaker 2: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 39 00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:07,010 Speaker 2: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Wenicky. 40 00:02:07,309 --> 00:02:11,190 Speaker 1: You can find more stories at WGLT.org. I'm Lou Warner.