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Champaign Police say a man wearing an orange hardhat and a neon yellow vest held up the First Financial Bank on South Prospect Avenue Wednesday morning, fleeing on foot with an undetermined amount of cash.
Kelly McEvers knew from the first story she wrote for the Daily Illini while studying at the University of Illinois that she wanted to be a journalist. You've heard her report more recently as NPR's Beirut Bureau Chief and now as one of the new hosts of All Things Considered.
McEvers recently talked with Illinois Public Media's Amanda Honigfort about being a foreign correspondent, bringing more of Midwest perspective to All Things Considered, and growing up in nearby Lincoln, Illinois.
The plea deal in the former US House Speaker's hush-money case recommends up to a 6-month prison sentence. An indictment issued in May said Hastert agreed to pay someone known as "Individual A" to hide past misconduct.
Professor Emeritus John Erdman says the risk of cancer from processed meat is much lower than smoking, but it's a good idea to limit the bacon and hot dogs you enjoy.
This year, the Magna Carta will turn 800 years old. The document, literally “Great Charter” when translated from Latin, is revered as the founding document of western democracy. Its language is found in many later key political documents including the US constitution and the Bill of Rights. But when Dan Jones dug into its history he found a very different story than we assume. Illinois Public Media's Amanda Honigfort talked with Jones about what he found.
