Illinois Public Media News

Springfield is allowing bow hunters to help reduce the population within city limits in an effort to cull a population officials say has grown too large. We talked to three people about the potential consequences. 

The FBI came out with annual crime statistics. Looking at 2020, most crimes dropped, but murders were up. We talked about the numbers here with one of Illinois’ leading criminologists.

While the media widely reported on the disappearance of Gabby Petito, families of missing people of color say their loved ones rarely get similar coverage.

Researchers at Northwestern University have invented winged microchips or "microfliers, " which are the smallest ever man-made flying structure. We spoke with the Northwestern professor who led the research.

"American Mariachi" is the story of a woman's quest to start an all-female mariachi band — something that would have been unheard of back in the 1970s. We talked with the play's director, Henry Godinez.