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Forty years ago Thursday, radio storyteller Jean Shepherd took a crowded bus from New York City to participate in the March on Washington. The next day, he went on the air and shared the experience from his perspective in the crowds. He had been surprised by the good-natured attitude of most of the demonstrators, and by how they had been received by regular people walking around in the city. We hear an excerpt from his broadcast of Aug. 29, 1963.

Bloomington's Public Works Department wants to make the city's newly renamed Citizen Convenience Center convenient for local charities too.Director Jim…

Bloomington is about to end its grade period for bulk waste collection.Starting Wednesday, the city will charge $25 for bulk waste pickup. The city added…

Workers in New Orleans were cleaning out storm drains to help the city's drainage system and they found something unique to the city: 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads clogging up the drains.

The City of Bloomington has suspended its business registration program.City Manager Tim Gleason said he wants to improve the usability of the program and…

The City of Bloomington will move one step closer Thursday to finally finishing off its east-west corridor in south Bloomington.The city will take…

The City of Peoria is in the process of developing a master plan from the Bob Michel Bridge to Murray Baker Bridge along the riverfront.

Tri-county governments are issuing a disaster declaration closing all city and county buildings to the public.

The Peoria City Council last night took a partial step toward the legal sale of recreational cannabis.

Stewart Brand says history has been defined by what happens in cities like London, Paris and New York. But now that the world's largest cities are in the developing world, what does that mean for the present?