Illinois Public Radio

Kyle Remmenga thought about putting together a community theater production in Macomb, but decided that making a movie would be more interesting.

The arbitrator’s order entitles the employees to back pay and requires the university to reinstate the workers, if they wish to return to their positions.

“Exploitation is a low-risk, high-profit crime,” said Carol Merna, Chief Executive Officer for the Peoria-based Center for Prevention of Abuse. She led the training.

A rally is scheduled for April 16 in Springfield.

Pre-orders of “Broken Hallelujah” are available on Cyn Kitchen’s website or through the publisher’s website. The book is scheduled to be published in June.

Black children in Lewis County, Mo., were educated in the one-room schoolhouse for 75 years beginning in 1880.

Cindy Owsley said she participated in 40 protests last year. This is already her second of 2026.

The mural was unveiled during a brief ceremony in the Thomas C. Carper Amtrak Station.

Blaze Burford, president of AFSCME Local 1274, said the same issues are plaguing the prison as last year. They don’t have enough staff, disciplinary policies are not consistently enforced, and drugs continue to circulate.

Kristi Mindrup is the 13th president in WIU’s 126-year history.