Illinois Public Media News

Garrison Keillor, the creator and former host of A Prairie Home Companion, has been accused of inappropriate behavior, according to Minnesota Public Radio, which has announced it is cutting ties with Keillor and his production company.

When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October, it triggered a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care in places with provider shortages. This declaration allows for the prescribing  of addiction medicine virtually, without doctors ever seeing the patient in person.

The Illini men's basketball team lost for the first time this season Tuesday night to Wake Forest 80-73 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Champaign's Archeophone Records is once again up for a Grammy, this time for a release honoring Edouard-Leon Scott De Martinville, an early pioneer in sound recording.

Public health officials want parents and students to be aware of a whooping cough outbreak in Champaign County.