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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with country music icon Reba McEntire about her new NBC sitcom Happy's Place, about a woman who inherits her father's restaurant with a half sister she's never met.

The Obama Presidential Center is opening on Friday to the public. Bloomington natives Mike Jordan, who worked for Obama, and Terri Lantz, Jordan's sister, have toured the museum. Mike Kelleher, also originally from Bloomington, worked for Obama when he was the 44th president by picking letters from the public for Obama to read.

The Town of Normal is moving forward with its plans to build a new fire department headquarters along North Main Street. Town Council members voted in…

Twin Cities native Gordon Vayo is headed to the final table of The World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. A professional poker player, Vayo…

Tom Ashbrook, an award-winning journalist who has covered stories all over the world, came home last week to central Illinois. Based in Boston at WBUR,…

District 87 Superintendent Barry Reilly said it was eye-opening to see how bad Illinois' teacher shortage is and could become.Reilly recently attended a…

The Ecology Action Center is optimistic a household hazardous waste collection event can happen this fall in Bloomington-Normal. The center is asking for…

When asked to characterize the political savviness of the Trump-Pence administration, an ISU political scientist shot back during Sound Ideas with "there…

As central Illinois leaders try to assess the magnitude of Caterpillar, Incorporated's announcement they are moving top corporate leadership to the…

Stories are emerging from Las Vegas of tourists running for their lives, trying to escape a hail of gunfire in what’s become the worst mass shooting in…