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The Peoria City Council is considering new truck parking ordinances.

The Bloomington Planning Commission on Wednesday will hear plans for a new Starbucks on the city’s west side and a new restaurant to take the former home of the Ozark House.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KQED listener Sara McNinch of Redwood City, California.

Attorney General John Ashcroft went to Oklahoma City today to meet with survivors and relatives of victims of the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing. Ashcroft said he wanted to talk with the people about the calls from some of them for closed circuit television of the execution of bomber Timothy McVeigh. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

The Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, is home to an exotic but little-known attraction: the country's only replica of China's Forbidden City. Known as the Forbidden Garden, the attraction opened in 1996 and features a huge burial pit representing the tomb of China's first emperor. Sarah Richards reports.

March unemployment in Bloomington Normal was down more than a full point from the same time last year.According to the State Department of Employment…

Places such as Minnesota and Austin, Texas, already use green infrastructure like rain gardens to absorb stormwater and keep pollution out of streams and lakes. Now communities across the Kansas City area could get on board.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday hears arguments over a radical plan to stem the foreclosure crisis. The City of Richmond is proposing to buy underwater mortgages in order to help keep local residents in their homes. If banks don't want to sell those mortgages, the city says it is prepared to invoke eminent domain to seize the mortgages.

The city will complete several projects, including replacing lead lines and some water mains, and upgrading the city’s filtration plant. Also at Tuesday's meeting, the city declined to extend a tax rebate for Green Top Grocery co-op.

The famous North Beach bookstore founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is about to be named a historic landmark in San Francisco. From member station KQED, Cy Musiker reports.