Illinois Public Media News

When you apply to college, many schools will ask if you’ve ever been convicted of a crime. Now, the University of Illinois System has announced that instead of getting rid of the question, they will be moving it on their application. Plus, we’re recapping some of the year’s best music by Midwest artists. Also, this time of year it seems like there’s a Christmas tree lots on every corner. We find out more about the people behind the trees and how they run their businesses.

Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” opens Thursday at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.

High school students through the decades have sweated over the college admissions tests, the ACT and the SAT.  Now, more and more schools are not requiring applicants to take the standardized tests.

The Illinois State Board of Education Wednesday amended emergency rules that had banned the use of certain physical restraints in schools.

The Savoy Village Board voted Wednesday night to bar any cannabis-related businesses from opening within their borders.