1 00:00:00,408 --> 00:00:03,730 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. There were 2 2 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:07,250 Speaker 1: large No Kings rallies over the weekend in Bloomington and Normal, 3 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:10,029 Speaker 1: among the several 1000 happening across the country. 4 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:13,220 Speaker 1: At the Bloomington rally, Gary Frieden of Downs said he 5 00:00:13,220 --> 00:00:16,290 Speaker 1: was protesting the chaos of Trump's two administrations. 6 00:00:16,420 --> 00:00:19,180 Speaker 2: I mean, if you itemized everything that's happened during the 7 00:00:19,180 --> 00:00:22,500 Speaker 2: two administrations, it's just 300, there's 300 things that you 8 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:23,219 Speaker 2: can complain about, 9 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:26,419 Speaker 1: Frieden cited the war in Iran and the threatened interventions 10 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:30,059 Speaker 1: in Cuba and Greenland as two leading examples. Attendees carried 11 00:00:30,059 --> 00:00:33,900 Speaker 1: signs addressing issues like immigration, health care, women's rights, and 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,098 Speaker 1: executive overreach. 13 00:00:35,509 --> 00:00:38,310 Speaker 1: A Tennessee man who chose to represent himself in McLean 14 00:00:38,310 --> 00:00:41,110 Speaker 1: County Court has been sentenced to decades in prison for 15 00:00:41,110 --> 00:00:46,029 Speaker 1: a 2023 armed robbery. WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. Prosecutors 16 00:00:46,029 --> 00:00:49,310 Speaker 1: called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted wound 17 00:00:49,310 --> 00:00:52,029 Speaker 1: in what was scheduled as a one-hour sentencing hearing late 18 00:00:52,029 --> 00:00:55,189 Speaker 1: last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked for 19 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:58,389 Speaker 1: and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing to 20 00:00:58,389 --> 00:01:01,669 Speaker 1: represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional rights 21 00:01:01,669 --> 00:01:04,230 Speaker 1: in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,309 Speaker 1: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 23 00:01:08,309 --> 00:01:11,430 Speaker 1: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 24 00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:14,949 Speaker 1: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 25 00:01:15,430 --> 00:01:20,069 Speaker 1: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 26 00:01:20,309 --> 00:01:22,470 Speaker 1: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 27 00:01:22,470 --> 00:01:25,389 Speaker 1: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 28 00:01:25,389 --> 00:01:27,419 Speaker 1: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Warnke. 29 00:01:28,059 --> 00:01:31,110 Speaker 1: The Bloomington water director says a facility to inject a 30 00:01:31,110 --> 00:01:34,209 Speaker 1: material to improve the taste of city water should be 31 00:01:34,209 --> 00:01:36,860 Speaker 1: up and running early this summer. The water has had 32 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:40,779 Speaker 1: periodic bad taste and smell from some naturally occurring chemicals 33 00:01:40,779 --> 00:01:43,779 Speaker 1: in the lakes that provide city water. Brett Lucien says 34 00:01:43,779 --> 00:01:46,779 Speaker 1: the city is already using powdered activated carbon in a 35 00:01:46,779 --> 00:01:48,959 Speaker 1: makeshift operation. We took a 36 00:01:49,059 --> 00:01:53,330 Speaker 1: Old storage tank and, um, the, the, the crews basically 37 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,529 Speaker 1: mix us out in the parking lot. So you can 38 00:01:55,529 --> 00:01:58,569 Speaker 1: only imagine when it's cold, when it's snowing and stuff 39 00:01:58,569 --> 00:02:02,250 Speaker 1: like that, it makes it challenging. Lucian says the recently 40 00:02:02,250 --> 00:02:05,470 Speaker 1: delivered silo for the powdered carbon will hold a semi 41 00:02:05,470 --> 00:02:09,270 Speaker 1: load of the substance. You can find more news at WGLT.org. 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:09,889 Speaker 1: I'm Ryan.