Hundreds Remember Orlando Shooting Victims
Hundreds of people turned out in Champaign’s West Side Park Tuesday evening to remember the 49 people killed and 52 injured in last weekend’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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1st-Ever Televised Presidential Debate From 1956 Now Online
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield has put the first-ever televised presidential debate on YouTube --- featuring former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and Tennessee Senator Estes Kaufauver from 1956.
U Of I Student’s ‘Atlas Of Austerity’ Maps Impact Of Budget Impasse
A University of Illinois graduate student has created a website to show the impact of the budget impasse throughout the state. Morning Edition Host Brian Moline talks with Melissa Heil about her "Illinois Atlas of Austerity."
Feeding Hungry Children In The Summer; Indiana Man Arrested Near LA Pride Event; Changes To FOIA
On The 21st: One in five children in Illinois have families who worry about how to properly feed them - and this need is much greater in summer. When school is out, the children that depend on school for meals lose access to healthy food - only 14 percent of those who qualify are able to utilize summer food programs. Plus, an Indiana man was arrested with weapons and explosives in his way to a pride event in LA; and Congress requests changes in the access reporters have to government information
Unit 4 Board President Discusses Tier II Committee Report
Unit 4 School Board President Chris Kloeppel came into the WILL radio studios to discuss the committee's report with Morning Edition Host Brian Moline.