Illinois Public Media News

Getting help after a sexual assault is already a difficult process. But in some cases, patients showing up for medical care have been arrested for unrelated matters. We learned how advocates are hoping to change that.

This is the tenth year for Champaign’s annual Community Christmas Dinner. And its organizers are looking for both volunteers and dinner guests for the Christmas Day event at the First Christian Church.

The restoration project for a northern Illinois landmark known as the Black Hawk statue is near completion after funding and weather-related delays.

Alan Griffin scored 15 points and Ayo Dosunmu added 14 and Illinois beat Old Dominion 69-55. Seven-foot freshman center Kofi Cockburn scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Illinois (8-3), narrowly missing his seventh double-double.

State health officials are investigating whether three cases of Legionnaires' disease are linked to a suburban Chicago hospital.