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The Town of Normal has selected a new assistant city manager. Eric Hanson was appointed to fill the role previously held by now City Manager Pam Reece.In…

Miles Howard needed an outlet amid the height of the pandemic. The Boston resident shares how he found a way to hike through the middle of the city.

The City of Bloomington could restore its moratorium on utility shutoffs, but only for a few weeks. The city council on Monday will consider a request to stop utility shutoffs through the end of September.

The Journal Times newspaper in Racine, Wisconsin reports Bloomington City Manager David Hales is one of three finalists for City Administrator in that…

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Oklahoma City that residents there are anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Timothy McVeigh bombing trial being held in Denver. Many of them gathered today at a fence surrounding what used to be the Alfred Murrah Federal Building to lay wreaths, flowers and other items in memory of those lost in the blast two years ago.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports advocates for the poor have been successful so far in their lawsuit against New York City. They are charging that New York's welfare to work programs have been actively discouraging people from getting the welfare benefits that they are legally entitled to.

Pat Dowell reports on the new movie, City of God. It was filmed in the poorest slums of Brazil -- the favelas -- and used street children as its actors. The movie is giving the kids new visibility among Brazil's upper classes, and its makers began acting and filmmaking lessons in the favelas that are continuing past the film's completion.

Austin City Limits, the PBS music program, has presented the likes of Willie Nelson, Johnnie Cash, and Ray Charles since 1975. The show is now honored as a 2003 National Medal of Arts winner. NPR's Renee Montagne reports.

Legal observers in the Oklahoma Bombing case are saying, true or not, a widely publicized report by the Dallas Morning News that Timothy McVeigh confided to his defense team that he bombed the Oklahoma City federal building will make it even harder to ensure that McVeigh receives a fair trial. NPR's Mark Roberts reports from Denver.