Thursday, February 27, 2025 Today’s headlines: Gene Hackman, the Academy Award winning actor who was raised in Danville, has died. The Associated Press reports that Gene Hackman was born in California and grew up in Danville, where his father worked as a newspaper pressman for the Commercial-News. Some U of I students are worried about…
Illinois Public Media rides along for the first public bus tour for the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail.
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has been found dead at his home. He was 95. Hackman starred in “The French Connection,” “Unforgiven” and dozens of other films. He was known for his studied portraits of reluctant heroes and conniving villains and won two Academy Awards.
770,000 Illinoisans could lose health coverage under GOP federal budget plan.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn that transgender teens and their parents speak out after Lurie Children’s paused surgeries.
Williams ran against Annie Adams for the Democratic ticket in the Urbana Primary Election Tuesday. With no Republican candidate running for the position, the primary effectively brings the mayor’s race to a close.
Urbana voters put DeShawn Williams on the path to becoming the city’s next mayor. Residents also reelected all incumbents currently serving on the City Council.
House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump. The vote late Tuesday evening is a crucial step toward delivering what he’s called his “big, beautiful bill,” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts.
Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago landlord took a knife from a belt holder and attacked a Palestinian American woman before fatally stabbing her young son 26 times in 2023. The landlord, Joseph Czuba, is accused of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding his mother Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023.
Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid.
The Urbana-based hospital system announced Tuesday that both Health Alliance and its sister company FirstCarolinaCare will cease operations at the start of 2026.
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Thursday, February 27 Isaiah Sharkey at Uncorked with Illinois SoulTime: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Location: Krannert Center for the Performing ArtsDetails: Final performance for…
A referendum on the ballot for University of Illinois students ask them to weigh in on the issue of campus financial investments in fossil fuel companies.
Gardner is currently the associate principal at Central. She has a PhD in literacy from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
Fantastical wig sculptures. An accused serial killer. A gathering of stuffed clothing in animal print. “Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams” has it all. The show is on display at the Krannert Art Museum in Champaign through March 1.