217 Today: ‘Art changes the world’ – a UIUC initiative aims to embed the arts into all aspects of campus life
Friday, March 29, 2024 Today’s headlines: Religious leaders gathered the community yesterday to pray and grieve for the victims in Wednesday’s stabbing spree in Rockford that
217 Today: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Mar. 28 – Mar. 31
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Today’s headlines: Police say four people are dead and seven others wounded after a man went on a stabbing rampage in Rockford. A
217 Today: A unique tree-climbing fox is on the decline in the Midwest. Researchers want to know why
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Today’s headlines: A soil scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana campus is reaching out to landowners and farmers, as he
217 Today: Feeding migrants in Chicago involves balancing nutrition, cost and taste
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Today’s headlines: Two members of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board – including its chair – have resigned after a convicted felon
217 Today: The IKIDS study is uncovering how prenatal exposure to chemicals can affect a child’s development
In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn more about how chemicals used in food packaging may be harming brain development in babies and children.
217 Today: She called the number on her syllabus offering counseling. No one picked up.
Friday, March 22, 2024 Today’s headlines: A West Point Graduate who won the Republican primary in the 13th congressional district is looking forward to challenging
217 Today: Long-delayed ‘Falsettos’ production explores family, Jewish identity, LGBTQ+ history
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Illinois primary saw some of the lowest voter turnout statewide in decades. Illinois’ longest-serving Black lawmaker has lost her primary
217 Today: Chicago slowly starts evicting migrants from shelters
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Today’s headlines: Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are big winners in Illinois’ presidential primaries. But each showed signs of
217 Today: Chicago slowly starts evicting migrants from shelters
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Today’s headlines: Tuesday is primary election day across Illinois, and voters in the Chicago area have choices to make for president,
217 Today: Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers
Monday, March 18, 2024 Today’s headlines: A proposal in Springfield would ban the sale and distribution of some products made with so-called “forever chemicals” starting
217 Today: School substance use prevention efforts are crucial. The question is how to do it
Friday, March 15, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers want to create a new state agency focused on early childhood care. An Illinois High School Association
217 Today: U of I dean Ruby Mendenhall is preparing to share a lifetime of writing as Urbana’s poet laureate
Thursday, March 14, 2024 Today’s headlines: Disability rights advocates are protesting an Illinois measure that would allow patients to take medication to end their lives.