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The owner of a typical home in Normal will pay an extra $13 a year to the town of Normal next year.That's an increase of less than 2 percent. The…

The $1.8 million tax rebate to developers of a popular Chicago-based restaurant is high, but reasonable for one projected to bring in $8 million in annual…

Bloomington Ward 3 hopeful J Balmer said there are a number of disturbing things he found with the recent petition challenging process.The Bloomington…

Patty Docker-Ford plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Noah Adams talks to writer Frank McCourt, who has published his first book at the age of 66. It chronicles his childhood in Limerick, Ireland -- years spent in abject poverty. His father spent his wages on liquor; he lived in a cramped home on a decrepit back lane; he vividly remembers the gnawing pain of hunger. But along with the bitterness and anger, he also writes of childhood games and having a vivid imagination, and of his passionate love for books. He came to America when he was 18, and now teaches high school in New York City.

The Forest Service is also warning that air quality is likely to deteriorate as wildfires continue to burn.

Tom O'Byrne reports Chinese courts have handed down death sentences -- three of them suspended -- to 14 people convicted in a massive corruption scandal. The defendants included Communist party and senior government officials. State television showed pictures of cars, jewelry, piles of cash and more, confiscated from a smuggling operation that cost the government -- according to official estimates -- more than three-billion dollars in lost import duties. A total of 84 people were convicted in the case, which was so large that it was divided among courts in five southeastern cities. The government has been unusually forthcoming about the case, possibly to convince any angry citizenry that the government is committed to putting an end to official corruption, a problem throughout the country.

Congestion delayed travelers 79 million more hours and wasted 69 million more gallons of fuel in 2003 than in 2002, according to the latest study from the Texas Transportation Institute. The report concludes that urban areas need more road capacity and better management.

At an inner city Bronx school, a young teacher from Finland formed a gospel choir to encourage her disadvantaged students to believe in their potential. Three years after their last performance, students and teacher reunite, as a new book tells their story.

The Columbus, Ohio-based Capsoul label was formed during the early 1970s to bring that city's local talent to a national audience. A new label has now unearthed gems from the Capsoul vaults.