Illinois Public Media News

President Trump is holding a news conference about coronavirus alongside CDC officials and others amid criticism of the government’s response to the outbreak. Watch his remarks live.

Looking to spice things up? There are plenty of hot sauce options right here in the midwest. 

Many of us have probably experienced the hassle of a delayed flight or lost bag when flying commercially. But what if the luggage has a life-saving organ? Thousands of organs are transported by airlines every year. A recent investigation by Kaiser Health News and the investigative news podcast Reveal explores what happens when those organs get lost in transit.

The abandoned Pillsbury Mills plant in Springfield is due for a renovation. Community members are mobilizing to redevelop the plant nearly 20 years after it closed. 

On Today's 21st: As manufacturing has declined, cities have seen whole blocks where busy plants once stood now abandoned. We talked about a group in Springfield trying to redevelop a former flour mill, and what they can learn from a project in Rockford that gave an old factory new life.