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In a 14-2 decision, the store becomes the second in the area to successfully unionize and the 24th in Illinois.

Paul Brown reports on the legacy of the Highlander Folk School. It was founded in 1932 to help unionize workers during the Great Depression, mostly in Appalachia. But as times and issues changed the school devoted itself to the growing civil rights movement in the 1950's. Many historians say the Highlander Folk School was instrumental in organizing the fight for civil rights in America.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports on a new study that shows that the part of the brain responsible for language skills is larger in women than in men. That may explain why baby girls begin to talk earlier than baby boys, and it could account for other language differences between women and men.

Climate journalist and author Nathaniel Rich's new book "Cloudthief" is about an off-the-grid hacker and a struggling climate journalist who team up to rob a data center in Oklahoma.

Mayor Rita Ali says recent enforcement details show a commitment to addressing the city's violence problem, and she believes in using advanced technology as a crime reduction tool.

The case can be made that Zorro, the fictional swordsman made famous by former town resident and author-playwright William Johnston McCulley, was the early prototype for the modern-day superhero of pulp fiction, television and Hollywood Blockbuster fame.

Bradley University president Stephen Standifird says he remains confident in campus safety after an unfounded bomb threat Tuesday night.

The family of a man whose remains were found months after he left Carle Health Methodist Hospital is suing the medical provider.

Since beginning his practice in 1988, James McGee has focused on clinical care and early detection of cancer throughout Central Illinois. His clinical area of focus is radiation oncology.