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Statewide: The Whole World's Watching 50 Years Later

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford

Published August 3, 2018 at 11:00 AM CDT

The debut episode of Statewide includes:

Fifty years since the tumultous political convention in Chicago, renovations to the Reagan boyhood home, assasination games in school, plus more.

A look back at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
An assassination role play game in schools
Increasing popularity of lacrosse across Illinois
Renovations to Ronald Reagan's boyhood home in Dixon
1860 photo of Abraham Lincoln coming to Illinois courthouses
The effect of online learning in juvenile jails
Progress and work still to be done at the Illinois State Fairgrounds