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On today's episode, you'll hear about a national anti-smoking campaign happening Thursday. Plus, an ISU professor authors a new book about emergency planning and your pets. And you'll hear about consolidation in the banking industry and what it means for customers.

On today's episode, it's all arts and culture. You'll hear about Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Illinois Wesleyan theatre shows happening this weekend in Bloomington-Normal. Plus, Jon Norton talks to Bloomington musician DT about his new EP.

On today's episode, parents sue DFCS and a doctor after the state took her three children over unfounded allegations, Bloomington-Normal educators respond to high absenteeism noted in the latest Illinois school report card, lawmakers and prosecutors in McLean County back a proposal to go after sellers of fentanyl, plus meet the King of Swedes who once ran the city of Bloomington.

On today's episode, you'll hear an update on LGTBQ+ advocacy work on the Illinois State University campus, after a series of troubling incidents earlier in the semester. Plus, an interview with Normal's assistant city manager about the development of Uptown South. And an update about the new Central Illinois Bridge Academy with its director.

Trash hauling in McLean County is a million dollar a year business and a new disposal operator want a piece of it. Plus, the bedrock of democracy has long been thought to be the middle class and that part of society is shrinking in Illinois. The 1800s were the golden era of patent medicine, and a huckster from Bloomington played a prominent part in the national snake oil business...In this episode of our series McHistory, hear about Wakefields Blackberry Balsam. And an Illinois Wesleyan speaker dispels misconceptions about mRNA technology.

Insulin costs are ten times higher than they used to be and some diabetics in central Illinois are taking their lives in their hands by rationing insulin to save money. Plus, a central Illinois hospital bites the dust. In a new episode of Food Trek, hear how a bio diverse prairie that stored carbon turned into a monocrop contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. And people in Bloomington Normal long term care facilities have a sense of déjà vu from the pandemic, though there is one BIG difference.

On today's episode, Lyndsay Jones explores the rise of pop-up COVID testing sites in Bloomington-Normal. Plus, Eric Stock interviews McLean County's public health chief about the latest on COVID. A new episode of Sound Health focuses on mental health in winter. And Datebook has a preview of a photography exhibit at the Normal Public Library.

On today's episode, you'll hear an interview with Normal Mayor Koos. Plus, a conversation with longtime conservationist Myra Gordon. And a look at what it's like to be low or no vision in Bloomington-Normal.

People are buying new homes in McLean County faster than they can be built. Eric Stock reports prospective buyers have learned they need money, patience, and a little luck to end up in the home they want. The Central Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is asking the city of Bloomington to hold off on a contract for cameras that can record license plate numbers of vehicles that drive by a proposed set of ten cameras to be placed in the community. And Town of Normal Council members have approved spending about 140-thousand-dollars on an outdoor fitness training circuit center. Charlie Schlenker talks with Mayor Chris Koos, who says it's a quality of life measure for the community.

Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff explores how a diverse tallgrass prairie was transformed into a landscape now dominated by monoculture crops. How did a biodiverse prairie that excelled at storing carbon turn into farmland that contributes to climate change?