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Host Scott Simon talks to actor/director Harold Ramis, and Kelly Leonard, executive producer of the Second City Theater, Chicago's famous improvisational comedy club. A new book commemorates the theater's 40th anniversary. (16:00) (note: The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater comes with two CDs, and is published by Sourcebooks

Some World Cup matches are taking place in Kansas City.

The Bloomington City Council voted Monday to take the next step in a major reorganization of city space needs, approving a more than half-million-dollar office-space remodel.

Belleville Township officials have decided to dissolve the 130-year-old township in an effort to save money. Board members voted unanimously to shut down…

Starting Monday, Pekin City Hall and all other Pekin city facilities will close to the public in an effort to maintain "social distancing" and limit the...

Residents of Gaza City say the recognition of a Palestinian state by major Western countries has no bearing on their current reality.

Tuesday night the city council in Stockton, Calif., is expected to clear they way for the city to declare bankruptcy. It will be the largest municipal bankruptcy ever for a city that is a poster child for the housing crisis.

A Bloomington apartment building that caught fire earlier this month had 226 building code violations, including non-working smoke detectors, Mayor Tari…

KCUR's Kyle Palmer and The Kansas City Star's Mary Sanchez discuss how local residents are reacting to the GOP tax plan and more.

Water has been restored to Harbin in northeast China, five days after a chemical plant accident polluted a river that runs past the city toward Russia. The toxic slick is expected to reach the Russian city of Khabarovsk in about two weeks.