# Statewide Reporting from in and around Illinois.contact@statewideshow.orgListen to Statewide across Illinois in:Bloomington/Normal – WGLT 89.1 (Saturdays 5 PM)Carbondale – WSIU 91.9 (Saturdays 3 PM and Sundays 6 AM)Mount Vernon - WVSI 88.9 (Saturdays 3 PM and Sundays 6 AM)Olney - WUSI 90.3 (Saturdays 3 PM and Sundays 6 AM)Quad Cities - WVIK 105.7 HD-2 (TBD)Rockford/DeKalb – WNIJ 89.5 (Saturdays 6 AM, Sundays 2 PM)Springfield/Decatur - WUIS 91.9 (Saturdays 9 AM)Peoria – WCBU 89.9 (Saturdays 5 PM)Pittsfield… Page: Feed: --- ## [Statewide: The last days of Route 66](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-08-13/statewide-the-last-days-of-route-66) _2026-08-13 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ Back in 1984, the final stretch of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona was bypassed by an interstate. The Mother Road officially became a ghost road the following year. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/08/2026-08-14-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: A league of their own](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-08-07/statewide-a-league-of-their-own) _2026-08-07 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ The Women's Professional Baseball League is playing all of its inaugural season in Springfield. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/08/2026-08-07-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: At a state prison, desperate men set themselves on fire](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-30/statewide-at-a-state-prison-desperate-men-set-themselves-on-fire) _2026-07-30 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths, an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Sun-Times found. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/07/2026-07-31-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: Farmers and mental health](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-23/statewide-farmers-and-mental-health) _2026-07-24 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ Financial stress and a lack of mental health resources in rural areas contribute to the problem. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/07/2026-07-24-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: The movement to divide Illinois](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-17/statewide-the-movement-to-divide-illinois) _2026-07-17 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ There is a growing interest to split Illinois and create a 51st state. What's behind the push? [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/07/2026-07-17-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: Attempts to ban books continue to surge](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-10/statewide-book-ban-attempts-continue-to-urge) _2026-07-10 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ The American Library Association tracked thousands of books challenged in 2025. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/07/2026-07-10-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: How valuable is a college degree?](https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-30/statewide-how-valuable-is-a-college-degree) _2026-06-30 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ On this episode, we examine some of the reasons why a degree is no longer a guarantee for finding a job. ## [Statewide: A disparity in school discipline](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-25/statewide-a-disparity-in-school-discipline) _2026-06-25 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ On this episode, we listen to a series that examines how schools across the country, including in Illinois, hand out suspensions to Black students at a higher rate than for white students. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/06/2026-06-26-statewide.mp3) ## [Statewide: Older drivers behind the wheel](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-17/statewide-older-drivers-behind-the-wheel) _2026-06-17 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ Even safety advocates are in disagreement on how old is too old to drive. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/06/2026-06-19-statewide.mp3) ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h4yJwdwmszvg) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Statewide: As data center pushback grows, governments consider regulations](https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-11/statewide-as-data-center-pushback-grows-governments-consider-regulations) _2026-06-11 · scraw1@uis.edu (Sean Crawford)_ Development of large-scale data centers is booming. As some communities unite in opposition, local and state governments are trying to catch up on how to regulate the new development. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s653/audio/2026/06/2026-006-12-statewide.mp3)