© 2025 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service since 1975
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
TRENDING STORIES
Joseph Prezioso
/
AFP via Getty Images
Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.
COMMUNITY VOICES - WEEKDAYS AT NOON & 10 PM, SATURDAYS CV-X AT 5 PM
Graphic that reads "Illinois History Day Everyone Belongs In History Illinois State Museum"
Illinois State Musem
Illinois History Day (an affiliate of National History Day) is a project-based learning program for 6th-12th grade students. The program enhances learning history through research, analysis, and discovery. Students are asked to pick a topic of their choosing related to the National History Day theme and use the research skills they learn in their classrooms to develop a project. Projects consist of papers, exhibits, performances, documentaries, or websites. This year's theme is rights and responsibilities. Illinois hosts 4 regional contests and then a state contest where students present their projects and topics. Laura Mitchelle Illinois History Day Coordinator at the Illinois State Museum spoke to Community Voices about the origins of Illinois History Day, how teachers can prep their students, and the need for volunteer judges for the state contest. The Illinois State History Day contest is May 1, 2025 in Springfield. For more information about Illinois History Day and volunteering click here.
SOCIAL ACTION - THANKS FOR SHARING!
Stephanie Scarbrough
/
AP
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Fogel was released in what he called "an exchange" with Russia and was on his way back to the United States. Terms of the exchange were unclear.
THE X FROM NPR ILLINOIS (91.9 HD3 and streaming)
Stephen Paley
/
Hulu
In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first domino in a long list of people that will self-sabotage."
Kevin Winter
/
Getty Images
Start the day by adding NPR Illinois First Listen to your routine and hear the latest from the state capital.
21st century conversation
for the 21st state.

Weekdays 11 AM , Encore 11 PM
Conversations with neighbors, artists, and area business people along with events you might have missed.

Weekdays Noon and 10 PM
CV-X Saturdays 5 PM
Reporting from in and around Illinois.

Saturdays 9 AM, Sundays 3 PM
Analysis & commentary on the events that made news this past week in Illinois state government & politics.

Fridays 12:30 PM, 7:30 PM
Saturdays 6:30 AM
The citizen and student Journalism Corps or 'J-Corps' is a vision and project to identify and train people in communites throughout central Illinois to cover or increase coverage of under covered areas.
Locals talk entertainment for people who like pop culture.