Join a knitting circle, raise the roof at a silent disco, peruse a local famers market, and more all this weekend in Central Illinois.
On Monday, the Unit 4 school board approved three more members of Geovanny Ponce’s new cabinet.
The move has been in the works for several years with state officials saying the all-women’s prison in Lincoln, built in the 1930s, was outdated and in disrepair.
The Urbana City Council is expected to take a final vote at a special meeting on July 6.
Extreme heat combined with high humidity is becoming more common as the climate warms, making it harder for people to cool their bodies.
The report looks at dozens of indicators including high school graduation rates, standardized test scores, and chronic absences.
Some rivers are success stories where wildlife is bouncing back from heavy pollution. But environmental groups say progress hasn’t happened across the board and backsliding remains possible.
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher praised Zylstra, noting her work at Sesame and Pinterest’s reputation as a rare corner of relative kindness in the often harsh world of social media.
The Trump administration now has what amounts to a moratorium on new wind farm projects, according to renewable energy advocates.
The State Attorney’s office said Ammons falsely certified to the Illinois Department of Employment Security that she did not work and did not receive any wages while receiving benefits.
The bill requires child abuse pediatricians — investigators at the hospital who look at medical records to determine if there is potential child abuse — to state who they are to parents as they start an investigation.
Development of large-scale data centers is booming across the Midwest and South. As some communities push back, local and state governments are trying to catch up on how to regulate the new development.
Someone shot and fatally wounded a 16-year-old in Champaign early Saturday morning.
