Unofficial Saint Patrick’s Day is three weeks away, but Champaign and Urbana mayors are issuing emergency liquor license orders now. 

Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Brendt Christiansen, the man accused of kidnapping University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang.

This is a series of eight short films—produced by students of the College of Media at University of Illinois under the leadership of journalism professor Charles "Stretch" Ledford—examining the larger pervasive national issue of the severe underrepresentation of African-Americans in the sciences.