Best Of: Is it child abuse or neglect?
DCFS is charged with investigating abuse and neglect. But charges of “neglect” can tear families apart, mostly for being poor.
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Best Of: Preserving Illinois Country French
There's a cultural heritage of "Illinois Country French," also known as "Missouri French," in our state. This Illinois Creole culture is fading, but today we were joined by one of the few speakers left in Illinois, who's been working to keep the heritage alive.
‘Inventor of the Future’ sketches complicated portrait of Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller was a visionary designer, inventor, and futurist who thought we could make a better world through technology. Now he's the subject of a new biography, Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller, by Illinois-based writer Alec Nevala-Lee.
An Illinois professor discovered a new lizard in Peru. Then a drug cartel discovered him.
Illinois Wesleyan University Professor Edgar Lehr and a team of Peruvian scientists recently discovered a previously unknown species of lizard in the Andes Mountains. But his trip was cut short when the team realized drug traffickers were nearby and had begun following their movements.
Flooding in Central Illinois
Significant parts of Illinois were under flash flood warnings yesterday morning — some saw as much as 14 inches of rain in the space of 12 hours. The 21st spoke with an Illinois Public Media reporter who has following the aftermath of the central Illinois storms.