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For years, Missouri's Bootheel region has only had one full time OB/GYN, despite having the worst birth outcomes in the state and one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Now, the hospital where that doctor practices is closing.
The Champaign County Drug Court is designed to help people with decades of substance abuse issues. This week, 14 people will celebrate a year of sobriety as they graduate from the voluntary program that’s been running for almost 20 years.
On this encore edition of The 21st: With more people in the U.S. in need of effective and affordable drug addiction treatment, what are the most important things you should know when looking for a provider? Plus, we talk to director Kelly Richmond Pope about her new film highlighting a famous embezzlement case in Dixon, Illinois. But first, religion scholar Marie Griffith joins us to talk about her new book- Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics.
Illinois lawmakers are pushing a measure to allow immigrants who are victims of domestic or sexual abuse to more easily make their case to the police.
SIU President Randy Dunn says he's "all in" for the Carbondale campus - and maintains his job is to foster the strength of the university system.
