From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell, an Illinois State University criminologist says the COVID pandemic should not be overlooked as a root cause of increased youth gun violence in the Twin Cities. Criminal justice studies professor Charles Bell says many teens lack problem solving and coping skills. We forget that these are children.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell, an Illinois State University criminologist says the COVID pandemic should not be overlooked as a root cause of increased youth gun violence in the Twin Cities. Criminal justice studies professor Charles Bell says many teens lack problem solving and coping skills. We forget that these are children.

And they are struggling to make sense of a world in which, hey, I was able to go outside and now I couldn't. Bell says school security measures such as metal detectors and armed police officers do little to assure teens of their safety. A bill to ban carbon capture technology near the Mohammed aquifer has passed the state legislature with bipartisan support. Some lawmakers still had concerns. Republican Representative Travis Weaver of Peoria voted against the bill because he fears it could lead to job losses at a Pekin plant that wants to use the new technology.

And they are struggling to make sense of a world in which, hey, I was able to go outside and now I couldn't. Bell says school security measures such as metal detectors and armed police officers do little to assure teens of their safety. A bill to ban carbon capture technology near the Mohammed aquifer has passed the state legislature with bipartisan support. Some lawmakers still had concerns. Republican Representative Travis Weaver of Peoria voted against the bill because he fears it could lead to job losses at a Pekin plant that wants to use the new technology.

Talking about in Pekin that is the ethanol corn production facility. It's like 100 jobs. I mean, it's it's a big facility. It depends on corn and ethanol production. The bill also creates a task force to study the impact carbon capture could have on the Mohammed Aquifer, a primary water source for nearly 1 million central Illinoisans.

Talking about in Pekin that is the ethanol corn production facility. It's like 100 jobs. I mean, it's it's a big facility. It depends on corn and ethanol production. The bill also creates a task force to study the impact carbon capture could have on the Mohammed Aquifer, a primary water source for nearly 1 million central Illinoisans.

About 10 people are living in a tent encampment near AutoZone and normal. They will be dispersed on June 1st to make way for a major sewer construction project. One of the encampment residents is unhoused veteran Louis Ray Starr. He's not happy about being forced to leave.

About 10 people are living in a tent encampment near AutoZone and normal. They will be dispersed on June 1st to make way for a major sewer construction project. One of the encampment residents is unhoused veteran Louis Ray Starr. He's not happy about being forced to leave.

It shouldn't exist. I want to put it in, I want an injunction against it.

It shouldn't exist. I want to put it in, I want an injunction against it.

The nonprofit Home Sweet Home Ministry says they will continue to provide services to the people removed wherever they may end up.

The nonprofit Home Sweet Home Ministry says they will continue to provide services to the people removed wherever they may end up.

A multi-modal business park on the east side of Bloomington is nearing completion. Central Illinois Regional Airport director Carl Olsen says work is done on water and sewer extension to the 250 acre site on airport land.

A multi-modal business park on the east side of Bloomington is nearing completion. Central Illinois Regional Airport director Carl Olsen says work is done on water and sewer extension to the 250 acre site on airport land.

We'll be working with the city of Bloomington, the EDC, to really aggressively market this,

We'll be working with the city of Bloomington, the EDC, to really aggressively market this,

Olsen says. The airport has had talks with several.

Olsen says. The airport has had talks with several.

Potential industrial tenants, but none has worked out so far. And Governor JB Pritzker has named downtown Bloomington among the five newest state-designated cultural districts. The state-designated Cultural Districts program promotes and encourages economic opportunities by making those new districts eligible to apply for $3 million in grant funding. I'm Ben.

Potential industrial tenants, but none has worked out so far. And Governor JB Pritzker has named downtown Bloomington among the five newest state-designated cultural districts. The state-designated Cultural Districts program promotes and encourages economic opportunities by making those new districts eligible to apply for $3 million in grant funding. I'm Ben.