When critics Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times and Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune were paired in 1975 they could not have imagined they would become household names everywhere. But "Sneak Previews" would soon become a staple on public television across the country. A half-century later, their approach to judging films remains the standard.
Also:
* A longtime outdoors columnist is calling it a career. We talk with Dale Bowman.
* Peter Medlin introduces us to the first group of Illinois "math stars."
* An Illinois man will be part of a skydiving group trying to break a world record.
* A new mural unveiled at a western Illinois train station honors the Underground Railroad.
* Charlie Schlenker reports on the efforts that brought high speed rail to Illinois.
