InFocus

For the last 44 years Herrin native and writer Cheryl Ranchino Trench has written a column titled "The Paper Telephone". Cheryl has recently published a book, based on her popular newspaper column. On this episode of InFocus, Cheryl talks about her book "Snapshots and Footnotes."

Medicaid expansion has been a contentious issue across the U.S., and in Missouri, battle lines are drawn at the highest levels of government. State residents voted to expand the health insurance program. But the legislature balked at funding it and the governor says the state will not offer coverage to the estimated 250,000 newly eligible Missourians. That triggered a lawsuit on behalf of three people eligible under expansion. Side Effects Public Media's Sebastian Martinez Valdivia spoke with one of the plaintiffs' lawyers about the case.

A national poetry organization announced the names of 23 poet laureate fellows last week. The Academy of American Poets offered a combined total of $1.1...

Lin Warfel puts farmland owners in central Illinois into two categories: Those with a deep connection and desire to preserve their land, and those...

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIUC Chancellor Austin Lane.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Dayempur Herbals General Manager Terry Hickey about the 2021 event returning, as the region emerges from COVID-19 restrictions.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU Alumni Association Executive Director Jeff Gleim about their 2021 Summer Events calendar.

The pandemic has affected the mental health of Iowa's children, and some are still concerned that two years after the creation of the children's mental health system, services are still falling short.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, animal disease labs across the country stepped up to expand testing capacity, and they could play a role in...

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry and City Manager Gary Williams about the city's moves toward reopening, along with state…