Abigail Bottar

Reporter

About Abigail

Abigail Bottar covers agriculture and the environment for Illinois Public Media. She also contributes reporting to Harvest Public Media, a collaboration of NPR member stations in the Midwest covering agriculture, food and the environment.

Previously, Abigail worked at Ideastream Public Media in Northeast Ohio. Her reporting on the East Palestine train derailment appeared nationally and internationally, including on the BBC, NPR, MSNBC and Vox's "Today Explained." She started in public radio as a news intern at WKSU and graduated from Kent State University with a degree in political science.

You can reach her at abottar@illinois.edu.

Abigail Bottar

Champaign County group rallying against data centers hosts second information session

Champaign residents have until Wednesday to opt out of electric aggregation agreement

USDA cuts remove local conservation experts from nearly half of Illinois counties

State Rep. Carol Ammons, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons plead not guilty to federal charges

Tornadoes are breaking records in new Midwest states this year as Tornado Alley moves east

Nearly one year after Mattoon’s water crisis, the city has seen no signs of algal blooms returning