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The Central Illinois hub of Children’s Home & Aid has a new regional site director.Mendy Smith started working at the Bloomington facility in 1998 as an…

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Wednesday assembling a task force to fight the state’s opioid crisis.The governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention…

Lead levels that surpass state guidelines have been found in six Unit 5 elementary schools.Those schools include Fairview, Colene Hoose, Hudson, Parkside,…

Denise LaGrassa is known best in the Central Illinois area and in Chicago for her jazz-blues sound.But lately, with a new EP recorded live at…

NPR's David Baron says recent attempts to curb environmental legislation has given new life to old talk about a constitutional amendment providing for a clean environment.

Federal officials want landowners in Illinois and nine other states to grow milkweed to boost the population of monarch butterflies. The U.S. Department…

Majerle Lister lives part-time with his grandmother on the Navajo Nation reservation. He's driven by social justice issues and, after backing Bernie Sanders, is reluctantly supporting Hillary Clinton.

Editor's note: This is Part 4 of GLT’s Skipping School, a special series about the teacher shortage facing Illinois schools. You can also read Part 1,…

Illinois State University’s College of Business hosted its 8th annual Startup Showcase this month, with 15 student entrepreneurs competing for cash prizes…

On the campaign trail, terrorism and the economy dominate this election cycle, eclipsing one issue that clearly differentiates the presidential candidates, the environment. Hear NPR's Elizabeth Arnold.