1 00:00:00,660 --> 00:00:04,489 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,489 --> 00:00:07,559 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington Normal for No King's protests. 3 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: It was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations critical 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,210 Speaker 1: of the Trump administration. At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson 5 00:00:14,210 --> 00:00:17,500 Speaker 1: cited the war in Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration 6 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:21,229 Speaker 1: enforcement as her main concerns. Get rid of ICE. Don't 7 00:00:21,229 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: need them. It's awful. 8 00:00:24,489 --> 00:00:27,229 Speaker 1: The tariffs that he did. 9 00:00:28,489 --> 00:00:32,060 Speaker 1: I mean, everything is going up in price, you know, 10 00:00:32,380 --> 00:00:35,490 Speaker 1: it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers claimed at 11 00:00:35,490 --> 00:00:38,779 Speaker 1: least 8 million people gathered at more than 3300 events 12 00:00:38,779 --> 00:00:40,418 Speaker 1: across all 50 states. 13 00:00:41,150 --> 00:00:43,119 Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington has taken delivery of a new 14 00:00:43,119 --> 00:00:46,958 Speaker 1: silo storage module for powdered activated carbon. That's what the 15 00:00:46,959 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: city uses to address water taste and odor issues that 16 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,759 Speaker 1: have cropped up occasionally. 17 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:53,939 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lucien says till now, department workers have 18 00:00:53,939 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot, 19 00:00:56,819 --> 00:01:00,659 Speaker 1: and powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 20 00:01:00,659 --> 00:01:02,979 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so it, it just a little bit 21 00:01:02,979 --> 00:01:06,260 Speaker 1: of wind could actually blow this material. Lucien says a 22 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:08,940 Speaker 1: contractor is also pouring foundations for a support building for 23 00:01:08,940 --> 00:01:11,940 Speaker 1: the equipment used to inject the carbon into water during 24 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: the treatment process. 25 00:01:13,730 --> 00:01:15,809 Speaker 1: And a Tennessee man who chose to represent himself in 26 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:18,489 Speaker 1: McLean County Court has been sentenced to decades in prison 27 00:01:18,489 --> 00:01:23,139 Speaker 1: for a 2023 armed robbery. WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. 28 00:01:23,410 --> 00:01:24,009 Speaker 2: Prosecutors 29 00:01:24,010 --> 00:01:27,410 Speaker 2: called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted wound 30 00:01:27,410 --> 00:01:30,209 Speaker 2: in what was scheduled as a one-hour sentencing hearing late 31 00:01:30,209 --> 00:01:33,449 Speaker 2: last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked for 32 00:01:33,449 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing to 33 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,129 Speaker 2: represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional rights 34 00:01:40,129 --> 00:01:42,628 Speaker 2: in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 35 00:01:43,220 --> 00:01:46,940 Speaker 2: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 36 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,139 Speaker 2: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 37 00:01:50,139 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 38 00:01:54,260 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 39 00:01:59,260 --> 00:02:01,459 Speaker 2: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 40 00:02:01,459 --> 00:02:04,459 Speaker 2: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 41 00:02:04,459 --> 00:02:06,879 Speaker 2: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Wenicky. 42 00:02:07,180 --> 00:02:10,978 Speaker 1: You can find more stories at WGLT.org. I'm Lou Warner.