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An organizer with Champaign County Health Care Consumers doesn't expect any dramatic changes with the next enrollment period for the nation's health care law. Rates will see an increase of around six percent, but counties with fewer choices will also see higher premiums.
A volunteer organization in Champaign-Urbana wants to enlarge its volunteer base; CU Cradle2Career is looking for new members to devise and implement activities to help ensure that children have the support they need to succeed in school and in their adult lives.
St. Louis is celebrating 50 years of the Gateway Arch, the city's most famous structure and the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere. The Arch is a mainstay of St. Louis tourism, with more than two million visitors every year; but some long-time residents of the area have never taken the famous ride to the top. David Reddick of Kirkwood is one of them. He joined Illinois Public Radio's Áine O'Connor on a tram ride to the top of the Arch.
Who is Sean Anderson? The answer: The Jeopardy winner from the University of Illinois.
The story of the engineers and ironworkers who built Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch never gets old, and Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of "topping out" day — it also might have been one of the last opportunities for St. Louisans to meet the men and shake their hands.
