Photo A Danville resident holds a sign which reads "No abortions in Danville" outside of the proposed abortion clinic in Danville on Monday, March 27. Volodymyr Zolotov and his wife, Yevheniia Zolotova, sign their four children up for school at the Hazelwood School District Family Outreach Center. Zolotov and his family fled Ukraine and came to the U.S. through the Uniting for Ukraine program this summer. Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe gestures to state Sen. Karla May outside Francis R. Slay Park in Ellendale on Wednesday, showing how much water was flooding residents' homes during this week's heavy rains. Ellendale resident Edward Turnbull speaks to state Rep. Donna Baringer at Francis R. Slay Park in the West St. Louis neighborhood. Turnbull, whose home was flooded with sewer water this week, said officials need to permanently fix the neighborhood's perpetual flooding. Ian Quattrocchi, a landscape worker who's from St. Louis, works Monday on the landscaping surrounding the Pulitzer Art Foundation's Spring Church on Spring Avenue in St. Louis. Quattrocchi said he takes breaks often and stays hydrated when working outside in the heat. Calendars line the wall of the dining room inside Meagan and Morgan’s Villa Grove home. Each day is filled with at least one name representing one of Morgan’s caregivers. Morgan Quigley, 16, dribbles a basketball outside his home in Villa Grove while playing with his home caregiver Alyssa Mariasy, 26, on a Sunday afternoon. Mariasy, who has been caring for Morgan for two months, is part of his almost constant care. The ruins of the National Memorial Church of God in Christ, destroyed by a 2001 fire. The newly dubbed Spring Church in the Grand Center area of St. Louis is being renovated by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, which plans to open the site in July. Danville officials break ground at the location of Danville's new Golden Nugget Casino. The casino will be open by March of next year, officials said. Morgan Quigley, 16, poses with his newly-earned Special Olympics medals inside his Villa Grove home. Quigley has both autism and epilepsy and requires almost constant care. A young girl waves a Ukrainian flag during a rally of support for Ukraine on the University of Illinois campus on Feb. 27. Students at the University of Illinois show their support for Ukraine by wearing blue and yellow and holding signs at a rally on Feb. 27. Two Russian students hold signs declaring their support for Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February. Sebastian Klein, the founder of the Angel Forever Foundation in Champaign-Urbana, sits in his organization's location in downtown Urbana in October 2021. A drag queen performs as part of the Champaign-Urbana annual Pride parade in September 2021. Children hold signs advocating for mental health support for LGBTQ+ residents of Champaign-Urbana during the annual pride parade in September 2021 organized by the Up Center. A child holds a bubble in downtown Urbana at the vendor fair after the Champaign-Urbana Up Center Pride parade in September 2021. Champaign-Urbana residents march along residential streets in Urbana as a part of the UP Center's annual Pride parade in September 2021. Sean Williams, a Champaign resident, rescues an injured goose at Beringer Commons alongside Friends of Geese Sunday. Over 100 geese were killed at the subdivision this June. Governor J.B. Pritzker signs the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act at State Farm Center. This bill will give Illinois athletes the ability to profit off their name, image and likeness. Vaccines are distributed outside the Danville Stadium during a Danville Dans game in exchange for concession coupons on Tuesday, June 22. The clinic was hosted in collaboration with OSF, VCHD, and the National Guard. Protestors make their way down Springfield Avenue in Champaign-Urbana in solidarity with Palestine amid violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Protestors make their way down the main quad on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Pro-Palestine protestors organized the event after the bombings in the West Bank this past May. Young boys hold a sign in support of Palestine during a protest in Champaign-Urbana amid bombing in the West Bank. Cyrus Arnieri, a transgender student at the University of Illinois, demands more respect of transgender and non-binary students by the University. Arnieri said he was deadnamed at his graduation ceremony this May despite letting the University his preferred name months ago. Protestors make their way down Market Street in Champaign. Many participants held signs advocating for people of color and police abolition. Sydnie Williams, a junior at Central High School, marches down Market Street in Champaign. Williams is a co-founder of the Involvement Youth Activist Network, or I.Y.A.N., made up of local high school activists in Champaign. Protestors march down Bradley Avenue for racial justice in Champaign. Chants were led calling for the abolition of the police. University of Illinois alumnus Drake Materre speaks at a shut-down intersection outside Douglass Park in Champaign. Materre highlighted what he said was the gentrification of Champaign-Urbana by both the city and the University of Illinois. Altgeld Hall's entrance is often occupied by WSAs during times where many students taking in-person classes are scheduled to come in. The Party for Socialism and Liberation protest against racism and voter suppression in Downtown Champaign after the 2020 presidential election. A protestor for the Party for Socialism and Liberation holds a banner in downtown Champaign. Vermilion County Clerk Cathy Jenkins confers with her colleagues on Election Day at the Vermilion County Administration Building. A sign that instructs voters that they "must wear a mask" is posted outside of the polling location inside of the Vermilion County Administration Building. But, masks were deemed optional by the County Clerk. Voters wait in line to cast their ballot for the 2020 Election inside the Vermilion County Administration Building in downtown Danville. Students at the University of Illinois wait in line to cast their ballots outside of the Illini Union on November 3, 2020. Advocates for the Black Lives Matter movement speak to the press outside of the Champaign County Police Department. University of Illinois athletes, students and community members march north on First Street through Campustown. Protestors march for the Black Lives Matter movement down Vermilion St. in Downtown Danville, IL. Black Lives Matter protestors make their way through Downtown Danville past the history Kathryn Randolph Theatre. The protest was organized after the killing of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer. Community educators give out henna tattoos of semicolons as part of the city's suicide prevention program after school at the Danville Public Library. Judge Jordan Schippert watches two contestants Tuesday as they show their animals during the swine show at the Georgetown Fair. Vintage Villians channels classic punk at their location in downtown Evanston, IL off of Northwestern University's campus. BLM protestors embrace after a moment of silence at the Champaign County Police Department. Lemonade stand service might need a little help at Evanston, Illinois' annual Fourth of July Parade. AMBUCS, with financial support from Schlarman Academy's senior class, awards a trike during a local ceremony. Danville's Family Video has boosted sales by offering CBD products in addition to renting movies in recent years. A couple embraces Wednesday during an Elvis cover at the Golden Wedding celebration at the Georgetown Fair. The event recognizes couples who have been married for 50 years or more. Danville High School cheerleaders perform their routine during the annual Labor Day Parade in Downtown Danville. Many chairs sit empty inside academic buildings at UIUC as building monitors are not guaranteed to be at every building throughout the semester to check students' Safer Illinois apps for proof of recent negative COVID-19 tests. The entrance to Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is often monitored by student Wellness Support Associates (WSAs) who check UIUC students’ Safer Illinois apps for negative COVID-19 tests. Local children wave to cars driving through the annual Labor Day Parade in Downtown Danville. Northwestern University's Journalism Cherubs participate in the annual basketball game. A local participant holds a banner during Danville's Veteran's Day Parade at the VA on Main St.