WILL Headlines, News, & Notes
‘Engineer Guy’ Videos Come to WILL-TV
Friday, August 05, 2011
University of Illinois “Engineer Guy” Bill Hammack has turned to video to help simplify the complex science behind things we encounter in everyday life. His explanatory videos are airing between programs on WILL-TV at various times throughout the broadcast day.
More on ‘Engineer Guy’ Videos Come to WILL-TV
Goat Rodeo Sessions Live
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
8 pm Friday, May 25, on WILL-TV
Bluegrass meets classical when four string virtuosos, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin wizard Chris Thile, come together at Boston’s House of Blues.
Watch the group perform “Attaboy.”
NEWS: Eavesdropping Measure Advances in Illinois General Assembly
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Legislation to decriminalize audio recordings of police has won Illinois House approval. In Illinois, you don’t need permission to capture someone on video. But if the recording also picks up sound, state law says you have to get the person’s permission. More from Illinois Public Radio.
The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
11:06 am Tuesday, May 29, on Focus
The Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most beloved of all American symbols. Yet no one living in 1885, when the crated monument arrived in New York Harbor, could have foreseen the central place the statue would come to occupy in the American imagination. Host David Inge talks to Edward Berenson about the statue’s improbable beginnings and the changing meanings it has held for each successive American generation.
NEWS: Quinn to Abolish Controversial Scholarship Program
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he intends to sign a law abolishing a controversial scholarship program that allowed state legislators the ability to grant tuition waivers to students in their districts. More from Illinois Public Radio.
NEWS: Gery Chico Assesses Education in Illinois
Monday, May 21, 2012
Illinois State Board of Education Chair, Gery Chico talks with Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers about some of the changes coming to the state’s schools, and the financial challenges they face. Listen to the interview.
