WGLT's Sound Ideas
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WGLT's Sound Ideas is our flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday.
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Letter carriers in the U.S. have been working for more than 500 days without a contract. The National Association of Letter Carriers and U.S. Postal Service have several unresolved issues including pay, mandatory overtime and safety. -
Elizabeth Johnston joined the McLean County Board in 2018, and has focused on increasing access and communication to the public, and improving cost and energy efficiencies throughout the county. Her opponent, Chad Berck, has been involved in town council and school board meetings, and is running to give voters an option. -
Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says Illinois State University's future presence on Bloomington's east side may spark development of Country Financial’s remaining 26 vacant acres at GE and Hershey roads. -
Nine 10-minute plays from Nomad Theatre exploring the voting process will premiere next week at the Normal Community Activity Center. -
Dana Starkey is the "Voice of the Ironmen" as the public address announcer at Normal Community home football and boys basketball games. Now, he's adding a new role — the Hancock Stadium P.A. man for Illinois State football. -
Oakdale Elementary School is hosting a food drive this weekend in partnership with the Bloomington-Normal chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. -
Demand for skilled trades workers is on the upswing, but there's a huge untapped resource to fill — women. -
The 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show will be screened with a live shadow cast and special guest Nell Campbell on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. -
Author Ann Powers and editor Alison Fensterstock contributed to NPR's Turning the Tables and now have a book published about women in music. They spoke with WGLT's Emily Bollinger. -
The campaign, launched by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and the Illinois Department of Public Health, comes amid low vaccination rates in McLean and Peoria counties.
