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It's what you need to know to start your day for Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Our Leadoff story is about Unit 5 school board members' concerns about their bus…

Robert is at the GOP convention in Philadelphia, and is spending some time with delegates and alternates from Michigan, to talk about their expectations for the week. A few weeks ago Robert traveled to Macomb County and Oakland Counties in Michigan, just outside Detroit. We hear from two delegates who are ardent Bush supporters, and two delegates who voted for McCain in the state primary, which he won. These four talk about issues like taxes and abortion, and the strength of Bush's character and accessibility to them. They also talk about what it will take to bring McCain voters and other independents into the fold, and what needs to happen this week in Philadelphia to energize them for the fall campaign.

Accused sniper John Lee Malvo, 17, is ordered held without bail after a hearing Friday in Fairfax County, Va. A preliminary hearing was held earlier in the day in Prince William County, Va., for 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad, the other suspect in a string of killings in the Washington, D.C. area and the Deep South. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talks with NPR's John Ydtsie.

The Town of Normal recently brought in a government strategist to meet privately with the town council and administration.The goal was to help the…

Preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs are focus of Statehouse advocacy

It was the first one-on-one debate between Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. The debate was held without a studio audience because of coronavirus precautions.

Both Unit 5 high schools now have new head football coaches.Normal Community High School announced Monday that Jason Drengwitz has been named the…

Despite a year filled with controversy over busing problems, Unit 5 will keep First Student next year.

California voters are deciding whether to redistrict to help Democrats win seats in next year's midterms. It comes as a response to President Trump getting Texas to redraw maps to help Republicans.

Rank-and-file GOP voters seem largely undeterred by the multiple criminal investigations against the former president.