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Dennis Hastert, who pleaded guilty in late October to evading bank reporting laws, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke just days later. His attorney Thursday said the Illinois Republican has also been treated for sepsis and two back surgeries while hospitalized.
The Illinois Radio Reader at WILL is among those that are turning to only national programming after the loss of an Illinois State Library grant. The state approved $300,000 in grant funding last week, but this money covered the Illinois Talking Book and Braille Service, but not the Radio Information Service.
A new study by researchers at Washington University is the first to link early childhood depression to physical changes in the developing brain.
WBEZ, Chicago Public Media has bought the public radio station in Kankakee. The company will take over operation of WKCC at midnight on Saturday.
Muslims in Illinois are coping with increased scrutiny and incendiary rhetoric. We take you inside a local mosque and introduce you to a business owner in Champaign-Urbana.
