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The event now gathers musicians across the U.S. and in several countries abroad. It all started in December 1974, when a tuba enthusiast organized a concert of about 300 tubas in Rockefeller Plaza.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos is conditionally endorsing doing away with bus fares in the Twin Cities, but says he still wants to see a concrete proposal before fully committing.

We have the latest on the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night.

Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said the presence of two universities and a community college in the Twin Cities offer a counter to the potential impression given to businesses by the referendum's defeat.

In the small city of Skagway, there's a unique bus service and it's not for people. The "puppy bus" is building a growing fanbase on social media — thanks to its cute passengers.

The women's storytelling event will expand to other states next year, with the national director telling WGLT she tested the Champaign-area event in Bloomington-Normal to see if it had traveling potential. Turns out, it did.

Parts of Arizona, Texas and South Florida are forecast to see dangerous temperatures again after a weekend of extreme heat. Forecasters warn against spending time outdoors.

The pace of home sales in Bloomington-Normal is down 15.6% so far in 2023. But prices are up, on average, 6.5%.

In Chicago, immigrant-rights activists use the Labor Day weekend to campaign for legal status for undocumented workers. They're marching from the city to the western suburbs, for a rally Monday. Chicago Public Radio's Michael Puente reports.

Actor, businessman and philanthropist Paul Newman died Friday at the age of 83. He played men who had courage, or just as often, men who struggled to find it. Some of the characters he played included, a pool hustler, a convict, a spy behind the Iron Curtain and a cop in one of the worst neighborhoods in New York City.