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On today's episode, a snapshot of Bloomington-Normal's hot real estate market for sellers, a Bloomington assisted living community holds a birthday bash for eight centenarians, plus a man's near-death experience becomes a teachable moment about heart health.

On today's episode, Coretta Jackson, a community health worker for Chestnut Health Systems, provides assistance for the unhoused population that are seeking health care in Bloomington-Normal.

On today's episode, Some Unit 5 parents and property owners who want to vote on the tax referendum legally can't, a documentary class believes it can help convicted killer Jamie Snow get a new trial, Lauren Warnecke takes one last spin around a soon-to-close skating rink in Bloomington, plus a new website that promotes eating local in McLean County.

On today's episode, the town of Normal warns council member Stan Nord over claims of election interference in the Unit 5 tax referendum, Illinois State University works to close the achievement gap that the COVID pandemic only made worse, Illinois' new school superintendent shares how the state is helping students recover academically and emotionally from the pandemic, plus doctors call for earlier screening as colorectal cancers cases rise in younger adults in the latest edition of Sound Health.

On today's episode, Unit 5 parents, students and coaches explain what's at stake if junior high and freshman sports are eliminated; Normal's city manager discusses how several bank collapses might impact the economy and municipal governments; plus we’ll hear the wiretaps federal prosecutors are playing for a Chicago jury in a corruption trial that’s rocked Illinois politics.

On today's all-music episode, you'll hear from Chicago Farmer ahead of their milestone Midwest tour. Plus, professional drummer Andrew "Blaze" Thomas from Bloomington-Normal talks about his pivot to history. And Bloomington-based rapper Darius talks about his new album.

On today's episode, how proposed reductions to band and orchestra will affect music education in Unit 5, how the Silicon Valley Bank collapse impacts health tech startups in OSF HealthCare's portfolio, plus the wacky works from mid-century Chicago’s vibrant visual arts scene on display at University Galleries in Normal.

On today's episode, a preview of the Unit 5 school board race, Bloomington-Normal hosted a conference to help women break the glass ceiling in education, plus Heartland Community College sees an increase in enrollment at a time when community colleges nationally are seeing fewer students.

On today's episode, the Illinois Democratic Party intervenes into the Unit 5 school board race to try to defeat what it calls "extreme conservatives," Bloomington Police order a tent encampment along Constitution Trail to move, plus two Normal Community High School seniors bring an Indian festival of colors to Bloomington.

On today's episode, an analysis of how Unit 5's tax rate stacks up if the referendum passes or fails, the latest in WGLT's Welcome Home series focuses on options for child care, damaging tapes a government mole secretly recorded are being played in the ComEd bribery trial, plus a new young entrepreneur's market is coming to Bloomington.