WGLT's Sound Ideas
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Sound Ideas is WGLT's signature local news series. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. New episodes air throughout the day on WGLT.
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A journalism professor who has roots in Pekin and Peoria says journalists must do more than cover the news; they must actively build community for local news outlets to survive in a challenging world. -
How much potential water exists in Bloomington-Normal and McLean County is difficult to tell. Experts tell WGLT the lack of understanding and potential differences in each and every data center's need for water make it impossible to say how much one would need or use. -
About 100 students from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington were among the tens of thousands of Catholics who witnessed the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen move closer to sainthood. -
ISU President Aondover Tarhule also shared that former "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley will speak on campus next month as part of the Presidential Speaker Series. -
Delays and glitches in a new McLean County Computer Aided Dispatch system are frustrating public safety agencies. McLean County is implementing a new suite of software applications to speed up fire and police response in the county. It has not gone well. -
The agreement gets Bloomington Police one step closer to implementing remote-operated drones as a help to officers responding to a scene. -
The Emergency Telephone System Board in McLean County wants to update its unified emergency responder radio system. It will be expensive. -
The County School Facilities Tax [CSFT] was passed by McLean County voters in April 2025, adding a 1% tax on goods like retail products, fuel and online purchases when it went into effect that July. -
Mixed-media artist Selina Trepp has her first solo exhibition at University Galleries in Uptown. Running through Oct. 3, 'Unprofessional Practices' features two short films created through stop-motion animation. -
Bloomington-Normal was home to the oldest and longest continuously running underground newspaper in United States history. The paper, called Post Amerikan, ran from 1972-2004 and is now the subject of a feature length documentary screening Friday at the Normal Theater.
