Illinois health officials say they're investigating reports that five patients developed abscesses after receiving potentially contaminated steroid injections at a southern Illinois clinic.

The Illinois House Friday approved legislation that would let Illinoisans carry concealed firearms.It passed on a vote of 85 to 30 after more than two hours of debate. 

The measure is being touted as a compromise by its sponsor Harrisburg Democratic Brandon Phelps. Phelps says after years of debating this issue, it is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to come to a middle ground on this issue. Phelps says every lawmaker has a different opinion when it comes to concealed-carry policy.

The Senate has approved a plan that would ban the use of cell phones while driving.

Illinois officials have agreed to temporarily halt the movement of residents out of a southern Illinois institution for the developmentally disabled.

WSIU Radio's Jennifer Fuller has the morning's news and weather.

The 2012 documentary Room 237 explores the perceived meaning within Stanley Kubrick's cult classic The Shining.

Film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look in this edition of SIU Reviews.

Room 237 is in current release at a movie store near you.  Walter Metz is the Chair of the department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University.   His critiques are a regular feature of SIU Reviews.

The speed limit on most Illinois interstates would go up to 70, under a bill that's en route to the Governor.