WGLT's Sound Ideas
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WGLT's Sound Ideas is our flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share.
This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday.
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Latest Episodes
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Some McLean County residents say the end of expanded COVID unemployment benefits is not the only reason they delayed returning to the workforce. -
Eric Ellis is president and CEO of Integrity Development Corp., a diversity and inclusion consulting firm. He'll be the keynote speaker at the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's Freedom Fund event at 6 p.m. Saturday on Zoom.
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One of the area's top high school swimmers wants to recruit more students to another sport that satisfies her love of water. U-High senior Olivia Haerr has qualified for state finals as a swimmer. Now she helped start a bass fishing program at the school in Normal.
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'Do You Not See My Son?' The Mother of Jelani Day Says Case is Not Getting The Attention It DeservesCarmen Bolden Day says the discovery of an unidentified body on Sept. 4 seems to have brought her son's missing person case to a standstill.
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Talk has been swirling on the Illinois State University campus about threats of attempted abductions and other violence. ISU Police Chief Aaron Woodruff said he's concerned students are reaching conclusions based on bad information that preys on their anxieties and fears.
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The Town of Normal is starting coronavirus testing this week for firefighters who have not been vaccinated. City Manager Pam Reece said it's in response to an executive order from Gov. JB Pritzker.
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A criminal justice professor says the three police officers from Normal who fatally shot a gunman at a mobile home park appeared to be coordinated and well trained.
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Bloomington leaders will soon decide whether the city should provide financial assistance to flood victims. Until now, much of the debate has focused on whether it’s even legal to do that. But that can-or-can’t discussion oversimplifies the issue.
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When school began in Unit 5 this fall, a lot of school buses were getting kids to class late. Too many, according to Chris Coyle, the area general manager for First Student, the company that has the Unit 5 bus contract.
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Lexi Riordan is raising awareness for a rare genetic disorder that affects her son.
