DWS News & Interviews

Aaron Ammons announces his bid for Champaign County Clerk on 9-4-17.

Governor Bruce Rauner talks to the media about turnover on his staff and an Illinois Policy Institute cartoon that some have called racist. Audio via Blueroomstream.

The family of missing UI scholar Yingying Zhang holds a news conference on 8-22-17.

President Donald Trump addresses how the U.S. will proceed in the nation's 16-year war in Afghanistan.

School has not even been in session for a week yet, but students at Edison Middle School in Champaign got the experience of a lifetime Monday seeing a rare solar eclipse. Michael Kiser was at the school and has this report.

Former Illini football player found not guilty in his first wife's murder, Curt Lovelace, speaks to the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club about his trials and new defense firm. Also included are Lovelace's comments to reporters.

Governor Bruce Rauner signs a procurement reform bill on the University of Illinois campus on 8-9-17.

Jim Lewis talks with Urbana mayor Diane Marlin about the search for a city administrator and the upcoming Urbana Sweetcorn Festival among other topics.

Jim Lewis talks with Chelsea Norton of the Champaign Park District about Champaign-Urbana Days, Taste of C-U and "Dunkirk" showing at The Virginia Theatre.

Doctors in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are blaming a salmonella outbreak on backyard chickens. More specifically, on people who are treating the animals like pets. Benjamin Yount explains.