Illinois Public Media News

About 9.5 million veterans are in the American workforce. One group called Green Veterans wants more servicemembers to work in clean energy and sustainability. Plus, hospitals in the Chicago area have been sending ambulances away in an effort to reduce overcrowded emergency rooms. But, this practice is actually moving the problem instead of solving it. And, the centuries old sport of karate will be an Olympic event for the first time in Tokyo next year. We speak with some Olympic hopefuls.

Final construction work on the long-awaited Chicago Veterans Home is on schedule, and a state official says the facility will be fully operational by next summer.

Overdose Lifeline supports families dealing with problems like alcoholism and opioid abuse. An alternative grief therapy group is helping people deal with grief in a way that’s unexpected.

The Illini men's basketball team lost its first basketball game of the year last night in Tucson, Arizona.

Danville, Illinois, will see its first Veterans Day parade in memory, Monday morning at 10 A.M. The parade will take place entirely on the campus of the V-A Illiana Health Care System.