In a close finish, Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the race on Saturday.
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COLLINSVILLE – Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site’s annual spring Native American Market featuring arts and crafts by more than 30 tribal-affiliated artists from across North America will take place May 18-19 at the Collinsville VFW.
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SPRINGFIELD – Chronic wasting disease has been detected in Ford County, expanding the geographic presence of the infection in free-ranging deer populations in northern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today.
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Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our conversation with poet Sara Henning on her most recent collection, Burn, from SIU Press.
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A question about whether abortion protections should be codified will not make it onto this year’s general election ballot.
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The regional will take place May 13 through 15 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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Greg Brown brings in 16 years of Division I coaching experience to Carbondale.
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This new guidance given by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered the age from 50 to 40.
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Durbin says the students are left with a worthless investment.
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The specimen was collected on April 2 in Villa Grove.
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Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant will be working with various women's centers in Southern Illinois to coordinate the mother's day diaper drive.
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.
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Weliton Menário Costa's award-winning music video showcases his research on kangaroo personality and behavior — and offers a celebration of human diversity, too.
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It's a popular rest stop for sea lions, but the docks at the tourist hot spot these days are unusually packed out with the slippery residents. Conservationists are buoyed by the surge in visitors.
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A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing both people and pets.
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When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.
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From sparking the imagination to helping with mental health, listen to poems read by NPR readers and see how poetry has affected their lives.
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The singer-songwriter's fourth album is her best yet, with crisp, commanding songwriting, shades of '60s baroque pop and melodies that seem to have existed forever.