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Bloomington-Normal hospitals are nearly at full capacity. The McLean County Health Department says 99% of Twin City hospital beds have someone in them, and 92% of intensive care beds are occupied.

Illinois cities and towns of fewer than 50,000 residents are still waiting on the last round of COVID relief funding.

McLean County is getting more legal marijuana tax money than just the amounts going to Bloomington and Normal. The YWCA of McLean County will receive more than $282,000 for its Labyrinth Outreach Services that helps women coming out of prison reintegrate into the community.

COVID-19 cases and deaths have begun to rise in Illinois as the newly dominant BA2 variant of the coronavirus moves through the population. It's hard to say just yet whether it will be a mountain of cases or a speed bump, according to the McLean County Health Department.

On today's episode, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen visits downtown Bloomington and Uptown Normal with their respective mayors, climate change pushes armadillos further north and causing concern for central Illinois farmers, the jury foreman in the ComEd bribery trial explains how jurors arrived at four guilty verdicts, plus WGLT begins the first in its series profiling this year's McLean County history makers.

This story from Laurie Bergner was recorded May 5, 2023, during the Next to Normal Story Slam at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington. The night’s theme was “It seemed like a good idea at the time...” with all stories centered on that theme. Learn more about upcoming Story Slams at NexttoNormalStorySlam.com.

This story from Mollie Huisman was recorded May 5, 2023, during the Next to Normal Story Slam at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington. The night’s theme was “It seemed like a good idea at the time...” with all stories centered on that theme. Learn more about upcoming Story Slams at NexttoNormalStorySlam.com.

This story from Kim Tingley was recorded May 5, 2023, during the Next to Normal Story Slam at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington. The night’s theme was “It seemed like a good idea at the time...” with all stories centered on that theme. Learn more about upcoming Story Slams at NexttoNormalStorySlam.com.

This story from Laura DiMascio was recorded May 5, 2023, during the Next to Normal Story Slam at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington. The night’s theme was “It seemed like a good idea at the time...” with all stories centered on that theme. Learn more about upcoming Story Slams at NexttoNormalStorySlam.com.

Hear five stories about the moon and lunacy from people in Bloomington-Normal.Ron Hardy tells us a story about the time many years ago when he tried LSD…