Find out what the Sonoran desert toad has to do with an ambient musician from Bloomington Normal. It's Bufo Alvarius from Stephen Holliger and his group Swim Ignorant Fire. And hear a preview of the upcoming Sugar Creek Arts Festival. The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter in Bloomington is getting ready for the winter season and this year that may include people evicted from homes and apartments. Oh, there's a staff shortage at the shelter too. And some people in Bloomington Normal get out of prison, but still feel like their looking at the rest of the community from behind bars, unable to participate. The Fully Free movement tries to remove barriers to re-entry.
WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.