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    ISU Professor Digs Into A McLean County Anomaly
    In the middle of a field just north of Heyworth, Illinois State University professor Logan Miller and his students this summer will continue unearthing…
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    Housing Crunch
    A three-part series airing on WGLT's Sound Ideas in September 2022, looking at how the tight housing market has impacted Bloomington-Normal residents.
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    Bloomington Gold Corvette Show Returning To Its Hometown In 2022
    The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Bloomington Gold’s homecoming on Tuesday during a news conference outside Hancock Stadium.
  • A new report finds that 2017 was one of the hottest years ever recorded. Here, a man dives into the sea in Istanbul in July 2017 during a heat wave that caused record temperatures in much of Turkey.
    2017 Was One Of The Hottest Years On Record
    Greenhouse gas concentrations reached a record high. Global sea level was the highest on record, too. NOAA's State of the Climate report points to the urgency of addressing climate change.
  • Landlord v. Tenant: GLT Series
    Landlord v. Tenant is a special GLT investigative series exploring low-income rental housing in Bloomington-Normal:An aging stock of low income housing in Bloomington-Normal is causing ongoing tension between tenants and their landlords. Twin City landlords are cited more than 3,000 times a year for housing code violations. Because of their age, many low income rental units are in chronic disrepair. Compounding the problem is that Bloomington and Normal each have only two housing inspectors to oversee more than twenty thousand rental units. And there is little pressure on landlords to change.
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    Mike Eldred Brings 'Baptist Town' To Life
    Following his muse has worked well for California based singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike Eldred. Exhibit A is a recent album of Elvis covers titled "Elvis…
  • Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, pictured in 2014, has lost his re-election bid amid a controversy in which he legally pocketed money not spent on meals for inmates at the county jail.
    Alabama Sheriff Who Took Money Meant For Inmates' Meals Loses Primary
    Todd Entrekin of Etowah County personally profited off hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to buy food for inmates. That was legal — but it didn't seem to sit well with voters.
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    GLT Sound Ideas 12/10/18
    Larry Carius of the Bloomington Normal Restaurant Season says it takes a lot for a successful business to build in a brand new location and close the old…
  • Students walk past a display for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School in Farmington, Conn., on May 10, 2021
    The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and why it's celebrated in May
    May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity.
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    Retiring Resident Services Director Reflects On 3 Decades Working In Public Housing
    After nearly three decades of fulfilling her calling, residential services director Gloria Hursey said her goodbyes to the Bloomington Housing Authority…
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