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217 Today: Chicago slowly starts evicting migrants from shelters
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the city of Chicago’s evictions of migrants living in shelters throughout the city.
The 217 Today Podcast
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.
217 Today: Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers
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.
217 Today: School substance use prevention efforts are crucial. The question is how to do it
In today's deep dive, we'll learn how substance use and overdose deaths continue to be a problem for young people.
217 Today: U of I dean Ruby Mendenhall is preparing to share a lifetime of writing as Urbana’s poet laureate
In today's deep dive, we’ll hear a conversation with Urbana's new poet laureate Ruby Mendenhall about her life and poetry.
217 Today: What would Bost and Bailey work on for Illinois’ 12th District if elected?
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.
217 Today: This farmer’s livelihood was ruined by PFAS-contaminated fertilizer that few Midwest states test for
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.
217 Today: More than an afterschool program, DREAAM provides mentorship and lasting relationships
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.
217 Today: How a small Illinois college became a women’s wrestling powerhouse
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.
217 Today: Bruce Hornsby’s new collaboration
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.
217 Today: Illinois commission releases recommendations on how to make higher-ed funding more equitable
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.