Illinois Public Media News

Colleges and universities across Illinois have postponed or cancelled class for the remainder of the spring semester, but student journalists have continued their reporting the same way they have continued their classes -- remotely.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois is growing by the hundreds everyday. We talked with people inside local hospitals about prepardness.

Coverage of COVID-19 cases in Illinois depends on the region. We talked with journalists inside two public radio newsrooms and a newspaper about the latest on the health crisis in their region.

On Today's 21st: we check in with newsrooms across the state on the increasing cases of COVID-19; plus emergency room physicians and leaders talk about the prepardness for the escalating cases.

Here's how Champaign, Danville, Decatur and Urbana public schools are feeding students during the school shutdown due to the coronavirus crisis.