Illinois Public Media News

Ebola has cast a shadow over Liberia, but it can't stop Christmas.  Despite the trauma of the past year, Liberians are trying to have a happy holiday season.

A panel of University of Illinois faculty members is recommending that the school reconsider its decision to rescind a job once offered to a Native American studies professor.

Champaign’s Art Theater Co-Op and Savoy 16 are among the theaters now planning to screen the controversial comedy at the center of a hacking controversy.

The CEO of Sony Pictures has been saying that the cyberattack against his company is "the worst cyberattack in U.S. history." And you can see where he's coming from.

Many know the Frank Capra film ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a beloved holiday classic, but few are familiar with the book from which it came.

The Peoria Police Department is celebrating the one year anniversary of its Explorer Program. It’s designed to mentor young adults with the aim of helping them one day work in law enforcement.

This month saw the return of a holiday television tradition: The Rankin-Bass Production of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer celebrated it’s 50th anniversary.

The brother of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that prosecutors tried to use him as a pawn to get his sibling on charges that he attempted to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer famous for hit songs such as "Feelin' Alright" and "Up Where We Belong," has died at age 70, his management agency tells NPR.