1 00:00:00,509 --> 00:00:04,309 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,309 --> 00:00:07,369 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington Normal for No King's protests. 3 00:00:07,630 --> 00:00:10,449 Speaker 1: It was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations critical 4 00:00:10,449 --> 00:00:14,010 Speaker 1: of the Trump administration. At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson 5 00:00:14,010 --> 00:00:17,299 Speaker 1: cited the war in Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration 6 00:00:17,299 --> 00:00:21,030 Speaker 1: enforcement as her main concerns. Get rid of ICE. Don't 7 00:00:21,030 --> 00:00:23,250 Speaker 1: need them. It's awful. 8 00:00:24,260 --> 00:00:27,020 Speaker 1: The tariffs that he did. 9 00:00:28,229 --> 00:00:31,790 Speaker 1: I mean, everything is going up in price, you know, 10 00:00:32,110 --> 00:00:35,220 Speaker 1: it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers claimed at 11 00:00:35,220 --> 00:00:38,819 Speaker 1: least 8 million people gathered at more than 3300 events 12 00:00:38,819 --> 00:00:40,110 Speaker 1: across all 50 states. 13 00:00:40,869 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington has taken delivery of a new 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,639 Speaker 1: silo storage module for powdered activated carbon. That's what the 15 00:00:46,639 --> 00:00:49,119 Speaker 1: city uses to address water taste and odor issues that 16 00:00:49,119 --> 00:00:50,439 Speaker 1: have cropped up occasionally. 17 00:00:50,909 --> 00:00:53,589 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lucien says till now department workers have 18 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot, 19 00:00:56,470 --> 00:01:00,270 Speaker 1: and powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 20 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:02,830 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so it just a little bit of 21 00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:06,110 Speaker 1: wind could actually blow this material. Lucian says a contractor 22 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:08,628 Speaker 1: is also pouring foundations for a support building for the 23 00:01:08,629 --> 00:01:11,750 Speaker 1: equipment used to inject the carbon into water during the 24 00:01:11,750 --> 00:01:15,110 Speaker 1: treatment process, and a Tennessee man who chose to represent 25 00:01:15,110 --> 00:01:17,470 Speaker 1: himself in McLean County Court has been sentenced to decades 26 00:01:17,470 --> 00:01:20,050 Speaker 1: in prison for a 2023 armed robbery. 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: WGLT's Lauren Wernicke has more. 28 00:01:22,919 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 2: Prosecutors 29 00:01:23,559 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 2: called the results of Marcus Fulks' trial a self-inflicted wound 30 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: in what was scheduled as a 1-hour sentencing hearing late 31 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 2: last week that lasted more than 3. Fulks asked for 32 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,239 Speaker 2: and fired a public defender 3 times, ultimately choosing to 33 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:39,599 Speaker 2: represent himself. He says he was denied his constitutional rights 34 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:42,099 Speaker 2: in a 2-day bench trial he chose not to attend. 35 00:01:42,690 --> 00:01:46,410 Speaker 2: Judge Jason Chambers ultimately sentenced Fulks to 35 years in 36 00:01:46,410 --> 00:01:49,569 Speaker 2: prison for robbing a Bloomington McDonald's at gunpoint, then leading 37 00:01:49,569 --> 00:01:53,209 Speaker 2: police on a high-speed chase into a bean field outside Carlock. 38 00:01:53,690 --> 00:01:58,470 Speaker 2: Chambers expressed his frustration, saying Fulks deliberately dragged out the process. 39 00:01:58,690 --> 00:02:00,889 Speaker 2: He must serve at least half of his sentence and 40 00:02:00,889 --> 00:02:03,889 Speaker 2: will get credit for the 908 days he spent in 41 00:02:03,889 --> 00:02:06,269 Speaker 2: McLean County Jail. I'm Lauren Wenicky. 42 00:02:06,569 --> 00:02:10,449 Speaker 1: You can find more stories at WGLT.org. I'm Lou Warner.