Mary Hansen
Mary is a reporter at NPR Illinois and graduated from the Public Affairs Reporting program atUISand received her BA in International Studies from American University. Previously Mary worked as a planning consultant and reported for the State Journal-Register where she covered city government.
Mary is a lifelong NPR listener since tuning into her home station WESA in Pittsburgh.
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Renee Watts describes her younger brother – Stephon – as nerdy and God-fearing. “He enjoyed talking to anyone who would listen about computer games,... -
The same day the first employees at Memorial Health System hospitals in central Illinois were getting vaccinated against the coronavirus, an internal... -
Students and faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield will return to their in-person classes Thursday, after a two-day closure due to COVID-19... -
Fifteen people tested positive for COVID-19 at the University of Illinois Springfield’s campus Monday. -
Early voting for the November election began Thursday in most of Illinois. Local election authorities can also start sending out 1.8 million vote-by... -
After weekend protests against postponing many fall high school sports, Gov. JB Pritzker again defended the decision. -
Illinois is starting to award grants to renters to help them catch up on late payments. But the need far outpaces the funding available and more than 50... -
Eighteen young people tested positive for COVID-19 in Sangamon County during the week of August 23. The weekly number of new cases among those less than... -
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a new peak in new COVID-19 cases at 5,368. But department officials say the spike is due to a backlog... -
A couple hundred students, staff and faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield waited more than 48 hours for results from their saliva-based...
