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Please note that as of June 2, 2008, WILL has a new web site.  We are no longer updating program schedules on this older site, but are leaving it publicly accessible for a number of reasons.  You can still find old schedules and audio archives here, but all new programs will be found only on the new site.  Eventually we will retire this site entirely.

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Hear local stories of World War II at our special website and in the AM 580 News Archives

The Champaign County Board is discussing recommendations from a consultant for improving finances at the Champaign County Nursing Home. County officials say they understand that they have to act quickly and decisively to fix the nursing home’s precarious finances. But even with those changes, many are saying that more tax money will be needed to balance the books. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.

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This week, the dream of Doug and Linda Mills is being realized.  The Carle Foundation Hospital and Clinic campus is expanding, with a new 50-million dollar building housing both the Mills Breast Cancer Institute and Carle Cancer Center.  AM 580's Jeff Bossert went on a tour of the facility that will soon be seeing patients -- and talked with some of those responsible for starting it. (Left: Carle Clinic Head of Radiation Oncology Dr. Ronald Sapiente displays some new equipment.)

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The number of casualties keeps rising from the earthquake in China's Sichuan province.  The devastation is also felt in Champaign-Urbana.  Many Chinese residents here have been checking up on family and friends back home to make sure they're alright.  AM 580's Michael Koliska talked with four of them (including Sue Ye and Qingyan Tian, left) -- and he reports that for at least one, the news has been tragic.

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Hear Sichuan stories from NPR, whose reporters were on the scene during the quake

In 2004, AM 580 won a national award for its Smile Healthy Project, a collaboration of community partners focused on improving access to dentists for low income residents in Champaign County. What’s happened since then?  Reporter Lynn Crandall created several stories for the Smile Healthy project – she takes a look at dental access in the county today.  (left: Dr. James Wahl of the CU Public Health District with members of his dental team)

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AM 580's Smile Healthy! website from 2004

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