Project Jericho News Today

The sixth annual Chalkfest returns to Springfield this weekend.

The Community Health Foundation (CHF) has awarded over $430,000 to 47 local organizations.

The Texas-based group 40 Days for Life has brought its aggressive tactics to more than 1,000 cities in 65 countries.

A decade ago, artists broke into Springfield’s crumbling industrial buildings to create images that might appear in a Rust Belt autopsy. They’re now creating vibrant murals adding splashes of color to a reviving downtown and elsewhere. WYSO Clark County reporter Tom Stafford tells us the transformation began on a chance bike ride through a town on Hudson River.

In Eastern Ontario, Cornwall and Prescott are only 80 kilometres apart on Highway 401, both on the St. Lawrence River. The communities were ground zero for two of the largest and most intensive child sexual abuse investigations in Canadian history - first Project Jericho in Prescott, followed by Project Truth in Cornwall. Sorting out what happened would take years. In Prescott, there would be numerous criminal convictions. In Cornwall, there would be only a handful, but an inquiry commissioner ...