1 00:00:00,439 --> 00:00:03,759 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. There were 2 2 00:00:03,759 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: large No Kings rallies over the weekend in Bloomington and Normal, 3 00:00:07,639 --> 00:00:10,140 Speaker 1: among the several 1000 happening across the country. 4 00:00:10,390 --> 00:00:13,350 Speaker 1: At the Bloomington rally, Gary Frieden of Downs said he 5 00:00:13,350 --> 00:00:16,389 Speaker 1: was protesting the chaos of Trump's two administrations. 6 00:00:16,549 --> 00:00:19,309 Speaker 2: I mean, if you itemized everything that's happened during the 7 00:00:19,309 --> 00:00:22,670 Speaker 2: two administrations, it's just 300, there's 300 things that you 8 00:00:22,670 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: can complain about, 9 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:26,590 Speaker 1: Frieden cited the war in Iran and the threatened interventions 10 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:30,270 Speaker 1: in Cuba and Greenland as two leading examples. Attendees carried 11 00:00:30,270 --> 00:00:34,110 Speaker 1: signs addressing issues like immigration, health care, women's rights, and 12 00:00:34,110 --> 00:00:35,310 Speaker 1: executive overreach. 13 00:00:35,729 --> 00:00:38,529 Speaker 1: A Tennessee man who chose to represent himself in McLean 14 00:00:38,529 --> 00:00:41,369 Speaker 1: County Court has been sentenced to decades in prison for 15 00:00:41,369 --> 00:00:46,290 Speaker 1: a 2023 armed robbery. WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. Prosecutors 16 00:00:46,290 --> 00:00:49,610 Speaker 1: called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted wound 17 00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:52,330 Speaker 1: in what was scheduled as a one-hour sentencing hearing late 18 00:00:52,330 --> 00:00:55,490 Speaker 1: last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked for 19 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:58,729 Speaker 1: and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing to 20 00:00:58,729 --> 00:01:02,029 Speaker 1: represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional rights 21 00:01:02,029 --> 00:01:04,470 Speaker 1: in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 22 00:01:05,059 --> 00:01:08,699 Speaker 1: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 23 00:01:08,699 --> 00:01:11,819 Speaker 1: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 24 00:01:11,819 --> 00:01:15,378 Speaker 1: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 25 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 26 00:01:20,779 --> 00:01:22,900 Speaker 1: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 27 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:25,819 Speaker 1: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 28 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 1: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Warnke. 29 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:31,620 Speaker 1: The Bloomington water director says a facility to inject a 30 00:01:31,620 --> 00:01:34,730 Speaker 1: material to improve the taste of city water should be 31 00:01:34,730 --> 00:01:37,378 Speaker 1: up and running early this summer. The water has had 32 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:41,339 Speaker 1: periodic bad taste and smell from some naturally occurring chemicals 33 00:01:41,339 --> 00:01:44,339 Speaker 1: in the lakes that provide city water. Brett Lucien says 34 00:01:44,339 --> 00:01:47,339 Speaker 1: the city is already using powdered activated carbon in a 35 00:01:47,339 --> 00:01:49,500 Speaker 1: makeshift operation. We took a 36 00:01:49,639 --> 00:01:53,949 Speaker 1: Old storage tank and, um, the, the, the crews basically 37 00:01:53,949 --> 00:01:56,150 Speaker 1: mix us out in the parking lot. So you can 38 00:01:56,150 --> 00:01:59,190 Speaker 1: only imagine when it's cold, when it's snowing and stuff 39 00:01:59,190 --> 00:02:02,870 Speaker 1: like that, it makes it challenging. Lucian says the recently 40 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:06,129 Speaker 1: delivered silo for the powdered carbon will hold a semi 41 00:02:06,129 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: load of the substance. You can find more news at WGLT.org. 42 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:10,508 Speaker 1: I'm Ryan.