CU Folk & Roots Festival returns with a focus on expanding the genre
The 2003 festival takes place at Krannert Center for Performing Arts, the Channing-Murray Foundation, the Rose Bowl Tavern, and the Urbana Free Library.
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Dick Butkus, fearsome Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80
Butkus was a Hall of Famer whose bone-rattling tackles made him one of the most intimidating players in NFL history.
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Construction set to begin on Garden Hills detention pond and recreation area
The Champaign City Council approved the next phase of a $36 million construction project to both reduce flooding and provide recreation in Garden Hills. The construction will involve building a stormwater detention basin with an ornamental wall, along with park-like amenities, including a pedestrian walkway, ornamental bridges and lighting. The new Hedge Park will…
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Farm-based activities can support mental wellness. Why aren’t there more care farms in the U.S.?
Care farms are agricultural places for people with physical or mental health challenges to process their emotions, while performing farming tasks and working with animals. Participants are able to receive formal or informal care to address things like anxiety, depression and grief. It’s a popular concept in Europe that hasn’t gained as much traction in…
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217 Today: During building renovations, a new recording lets the Altgeld Chimes ring on
October 5, 2023 Today’s headlines: Federal lawmakers from Illinois are looking to see what Republicans in the U.S. House do next now that they don’t have a Speaker. As the director of DCFS resigns, an advocate for foster children says the next head of Illinois’ child welfare agency must put its two-billion dollar budget to…
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During building renovations, a new recording lets the Altgeld Chimes ring on
Altgeld Hall, completed in 1897, is undergoing a multi-year restoration, forcing its chimes to go temporarily silent. But there will soon be another way to hear them.
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DCFS director to step down at end of the year after agency hit with another scathing audit
Marc Smith is one of 3 state agency leaders to announce end-of-year departure plans.
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WILL Call: What’s happening in Champaign-Urbana Oct. 6-10
Look below for information on arts and entertainment around central Illinois. Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson 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. Event: Macbeth Date & Time: Opens Friday the 6th at 7:30 p.m. Location:…
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217 Today: How some Chicago migrants struggling to leave shelters are getting help
October 4, 2023 Today’s headlines: Social services have been strained over the past couple of years – but a new state grant may be able to ease some of it in Champaign County. A majority-black elementary school in Urbana is closing permanently. The US House of Representatives has made history by voting to remove the Speaker…
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Urbana school board votes to permanently end Wiley Elementary classes, reopen building as sixth grade center
The Urbana District 116 school board voted 4-to-3 on Tuesday to open the sixth grade center in the former Wiley Elementary.
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Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, but Illinois Republicans did not agree with it
Most Republicans also rejected the effort to oust Speaker McCarthy including Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois’ 12th Congressional District, Rep. Darin LaHood of the 16th, and Rep. Mary Miller of the 15th district.
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One firefighter hurt in fire at U of I’s Memorial Stadium; damaged believed minmal.
Fire crews were expected to remain at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium Tuesday night, after extinguishing a fire at the stadium in Champaign.
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McCarthy becomes first speaker removed by U.S. House vote
Updated October 3, 2023 at 5:01 PM ET The House has voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker, marking the first time in history that a House speaker has been removed in this way. The final vote was 216-210 in favor of a motion to “vacate the chair.” Eight Republicans, led by Florida Rep. Matt…
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Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid ‘untenable’ pace of migrant arrivals
Buses from Texas accelerate as Illinois counts 15,000 new arrivals in 13 months.
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Ozempic hype forces employer calls on obesity coverage
Spending on a new class of diabetes and weight loss medications hit nearly $7 billion in the first half of the year, as people are clamoring for these highly effective drugs. Employer health insurance plans are shouldering the bulk of that financial burden as half of Americans get their coverage through work. “The cost of…
