DWS News & Interviews

CBS News Radio coverage of President Donald Trump's address on border security on 1-19-19. Coverage also incudes Democrat response and analysis from CBS experts.

This entry consists of two versions of the same report by WDWS reporter Tim Ditman which aired on 3/26/18. The report takes a deep dive into the case of Dennis Bates, a disabled local man who was murdered by two…

This entry consists of snippets of several reports in Carol Vorel's cold case series, a group of special reports that focus on unsolved crimes in East Central Illinois. Each report includes comments from the detective on the case, family of…

This entry consists of stories by WDWS reporter Michael Kiser on the one-year anniversary of a shooting death in rural Champaign County. It's a case that remains unsolved. (click here for background on the case)

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Cody Garza was fired in July of last summer after investigation revealed he was drunk during an altercation with another man outside the Steak n' Shake restaurant in Danville in August of 2015. Garza displayed his gun during the fight…

Michael Kiser sat down with Urbana Middle School Principal Doctor Joe Wiemelt and High School Principal Deloris Brown on the improved environments at their schools. This comes after there were a lot of complaints of fights in the fall.

Governor JB Pritzker delivers his inaugural address on 1-14-19.

Snippets of WDWS coverage of the Green Street Fire on 3-23-11

    We're nearing the end in our series looking back at the top local stories of the year by month.
    Today, we relive the historic November night when Democrats had a clean sweep of Champaign County offices. Some of…

    Sexual harassment in the workplace took center stage across the country thisyear. And this fall, it reared its ugly head at the University of Illinois.
    It's our news team's pick for the top local story of October 2018,…