Dee Alexander News Today

Newsroom starts now. Good morning, everyone. Im carol costello. Thank you very much for joining me this morning. Most of our government is shut down. Lights out, doors closed, tops down, at least for now. Im going to start far away from pennsylvania avenue and begin in main street. Instead of hearing words like brink, catastrophe, revolt being spewed by our government in washington, i want to start with the facts. Fact number one, congress will still get paid today. In fact, the average lawmaker...

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Purcell Marian High School's Dee Alexander, ranked No. 6 nationally in the 2025 class, chooses University of Cincinnati over Ohio State and Illinois.

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Ramona, the third release by Australian singer/songwriter Grace Cummings. Ramona is a work of raw truth rendered in its most beautiful form. In a departure from the self-produced approach of her 2019 debut Refuge Cove and its 2022 follow-up Storm Queen, the Melbourne-based artist dreamed up a lavishly orchestrated sound that fully accommodates

LaRob K. Rafael will narrate The Rose of Sonora at the Evanston Symphony Orchestra concert on April 7. Photo credit:  Aidan Kranz Every week brings

CSO’s new music director Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who takes over as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027 succeeding current conductor Riccardo Muti, conducts the orche...

Local News, Sports, Events, Obits and more from Knox County.

Purcell, 27-1 and top-ranked in the Associated Press state poll in DII, will play fifth-ranked Copley (25-3) in the state semifinal 1 p.m. March 15.

Our list of what to do around Chicago takes on a holiday theme this week with our top 10 suggestions for your Valentine’s Day — including first-time fireworks on the lakefront. The Orchid Show of Wonders: The orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe is an annual favorite for Valentine’s Day, this year with a theme inspired by carnivals and the circus. Along with some 10,000 blooms, ...

Let WPSU bring music to your holiday season, from a celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights to a jazzy piano Christmas. Here's a complete list of the holiday specials WPSU-FM has scheduled in December.