The 1973 farm bill promoted soybeans and removed habitat for pheasants. This still hurts hunting. Jared Duquette of the Department of Natural resources talks hunting on the first day of deer season. Plus, Laura Kennedy previews the new season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. And we recap the week's big stories in central Illinois with the Uptown Underpass under discussion, a McLean County Board candidate who is trying to live down a significant criminal past, the next steps for law enforcement in the Rica Rountree murder case, and a group that is stepping up protests against caging kids.
Chase Aulis is an audio production intern at WGLT. He is a student in Illinois State University's School of Communication.
WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.