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The candidate challenging incumbent McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder is urging voters to listen to ideas over partisan ties.Abbi Sorrells is a certified…

What’s the average commute time in Bloomington-Normal? How many patents do our entrepreneurs win each year? What’s the median rent for those living in the…

The coronavirus pandemic gave student-athletes a lot of idle time over the past year as their sports were put on hold. Josh Vogel, a senior at Central…

Consumer advocates are pushing Illinois to adopt Right to Repair laws to give consumers the information and tools they need to fix their equipment when it…

Central Illinois Girl Scouts are seeking new methods to recruit girls to combat a drop in enrollment.The organization has been a staple of childhood…

Vice President Al Gore began his kitchen table tour today, having breakfast with a small business owner and her 14-month-old son in Portland, Oregon. Gore is in the Pacific Northwest to stress his stand on the environment and consumer issues. He's hoping to head off defections to the Green Party campaign of Ralph Nader. Polls show both Oregon and Washington close enough for Nader's vote to make Republican nominee George W. Bush the winner. Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Andy Bowers.

The household hazardous waste collection event at Mitsubishi two months ago is being deemed a huge success by organizers. Michael Brown, Executive…

Have you filed your FAFSA already? That's the question high school seniors and college students should be asking each other these days.FAFSA is an acronym…

Bloomington-Normal's transit system is avoiding a planned shutdown at the end of the month.The State of Illinois Comptroller’s Office has reimbursed…

Rathert's (WRATH-urts) clothing has been serving the tiny southern Illinois farming community of Red Bud since 1887...and its wooden shelves are mostly filled with provisions from Levi-Strauss (LEE-veye STROWSS). But the nation's original dry goods purveyor decided recently that Don Rathert's rickety store didn't meet its criteria for the proper "retail environment." When the public found out, it responded with angry letters, e-mails, and threats of a boycott...and the company that manufactures Levi's bluejeans changed its mind. Jim Dryden reports.