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"Disturbing the Bones” is the name of a new novel set in Illinois. It’s part crime story and part geopolitical thriller. The book is a collaboration between film director Andrew Davis and journalist Jeff Biggers.
A new book “Sweet, Tart and Golden: Apples in the Midwestern Imagination" takes a deep dive into the historic connection between apples, Americana, and Midwestern values.
What's the latest update on the new Chicago Bears stadium? Also, lawmakers approved language for a potential amendment to the Illinois constitution around voting rights and former House Speaker Michael Madigan got a ruling in his appeal of his corruption conviction.
Many students go to college hoping to become filmmakers, but not many get firsthand experience with professional filmmaking that early in their career. Sawyer Carver is a college sophomore whose short documentary on a small business in the Quad Cities is now on Roku.
A Danville alderman and his cousins went night fishing at a park in Paris, Illinois. White men approached them, used racial slurs, and opened fire. Three are now charged with hate crimes — two with attempted murder. How 911 responded to the incident is a matter of concern.
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