Keep up with news in Central Illinois every weekday with 217 Today. Hear the day's headlines, along with one deeper dive, in just ten minutes. Learn about the people and places that make Central Illinois unique with 217 Today.
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn what people from game fowl and animal rights groups are doing about Oklahoma’s recent efforts to lower the penalties for cockfighting.
In today's deep dive, we'll learn how substance use and overdose deaths continue to be a problem for young people.
In today's deep dive, we’ll hear a conversation with Urbana's new poet laureate Ruby Mendenhall about her life and poetry.
In today's deep dive, we'll learn more about the two candidates in the GOP primary race to represent southern Illinois in Congress — what they want to do for the 12th congressional district.
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about how farms across the Midwest use biosolids—a type of byproduct from wastewater treatment plants—to fertilize their land.
In today's deep dive, we'll learn more about how the local nonprofit DREAAM is making a lasting impact on kids and their families in Champaign County.
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about a small liberal arts school in Illinois that has become one of the premier women’s wrestling programs in the country.
In today's deep dive, we'll listen to a conversation with the 21st show host, Brian Mackey, and singer-songwriter, Bruce Hornsby about Hornsby's latest musical collaboration and upcoming performance in Urbana.
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding recommendations on how Illinois could more equitably fund public universities.
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about why several University of Illinois journalism students are boarding planes to Sierre Leone this week.
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