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Steve Shoemaker, a retired minister and former WILL-AM talk show host has published his first book of poetry, "A Sin A Week", devoted to short poems about sins that just about anyone might be capable of.
The city of Danville has released a lengthy report that shows off a future vision for the downtown development along the Vermilion River. The concept drawings in the 101-page report on recreational use include picnic areas, walkways, and larger projects like an amphitheater, but there are no imminent plans for work that will rely largely on grant funds.
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.
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.
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."
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.
More than 500 people gathered at Danville’s Temple Square Monday night, to remember Devon McClyde, the teen-ager who was shot and killed last week during a night-time basketball game.
Gov. Rauner ordered flags flown at half-staff and a memorial vigil in Chicago drew hundreds of attendees, as Illinois reacted to the shooting inside an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub that left 49 people dead and 53 injured.
The county has achieved one of its future goals, the VC2025 plan, by setting up a website that connects those looking to volunteer with organizations like CRIS Senior Services, the Danville Library Foundation, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermilion County.
The shooting started shortly after 2 a.m, ET, and the situation ended three hours later when police rescued approximately 30 hostages inside the nightclub. This is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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