1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (307+ words) Tri States Public Radio | TSPR | WIUM - On Air Now Playing WIUM Tri States Public Radio Firsthand: Democracy " Community Conversation July 4, 2026 marked the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This historical marker arrived at a moment of strain…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (18+ words) Open AI CEO Sam Altman takes the stand to defend his company against a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (227+ words) Illinois State Police say a domestic disturbance in Good Hope on Friday ended with one person dead and another injured. The Mc Donough County Sheriff's Office was called to a home in the 400 block of Monmouth St. , where deputies encountered…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (811+ words) Artists across the world and in western Illinois will be quietly hiding mushrooms in plain sight for annual art event next month. But they won't be hiding real mushrooms come June 13. They'll be hiding painted ones, sculpted ones, and crocheted…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (433+ words) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But the people that do the most, the people that make the biggest impact, they are the ones that they go after. They don't go after the ones that don't do much 'cause they like it that…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (623+ words) SPRINGFIELD " A bill that would give the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review and approve rates for both homeowners and automobile coverage. Those two proposals, which started as separate pieces of legislation, were combined into a single bill that…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (541+ words) The estate and the mother of a four-year-old child who was shot and killed by Macomb police two years ago while officers were responding to a domestic violence call are suing the city and Lt. Nic Goc in federal court....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1567+ words) Ryan Easley had worked with big cats for years, when he was fatally mauled by a tiger at a facility he owned and operated in Oklahoma last September. Easley was a wildlife advocate and loved big cats, his organization Growler…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (237+ words) Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles is the latest House Republican to make Islamophobic remarks on social media, causing outcry from Democrats and little public response from fellow Republicans. "Muslims don't belong in American society," the Tennessee Republican posted Monday on X. "Pluralism…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1146+ words) Homeless people are much more likely to face emergency room visits, hospitalizations and premature death than the general population, and state officials are struggling to stem the crisis, according to a new report by the Illinois Department of Public Health....