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It's easy to stop noticing what we love about our lives. NPR's Life Kit has tips from cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot on how to fall back in love with life's small joys.

The Ecology Action Center in Normal urges Bloomington-Normal residents to stay in the municipal electric aggregation program even with hefty rate increases coming this summer.

Researchers are looking at an invasive species of algae along the Atlantic coast as a possible reason for mercury in the food chain.

Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." Along with her reporting partner Scott Detrow, she won the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. She recently returned from a year as at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.

There's a growing movement to make Americans' lawns truly eco-friendly. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with research ecologist Susannah Lerman about making lawns more sustainable.

The Central Illinois hub of Children’s Home & Aid has a new regional site director.Mendy Smith started working at the Bloomington facility in 1998 as an…

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Wednesday assembling a task force to fight the state’s opioid crisis.The governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention…

Lead levels that surpass state guidelines have been found in six Unit 5 elementary schools.Those schools include Fairview, Colene Hoose, Hudson, Parkside,…

Denise LaGrassa is known best in the Central Illinois area and in Chicago for her jazz-blues sound.But lately, with a new EP recorded live at…

There's concern that the U.S. push to send more natural gas to Europe will come at a cost to the climate. But experts say the Ukraine crisis may actually invigorate efforts around sustainable energy.