Sound Ideas

During a visit to WGLT ahead of the station's Radio Faces fundraiser on Thursday, NPR CEO Katherine Maher expressed optimism about public media's future, but cautioned there are many challenges ahead.

Some Uptown business owners are criticizing a proposal to raise food and beverage and hotel-motel taxes in Normal. They’re also not happy about an accelerated timeline to a council vote on Monday — just three business days after the proposal became public.

Fukumura's second season begins in earnest with a trio of works by Beethoven, Bartók and Rózsa.

There's a declaration of emergency over the number of unhoused people in Bloomington right now, and efforts to provide new housing and expanded space in shelters. In this episode of WGLT's series "McHistory," you'll learn that the issue is not new — though the response today is perhaps more humane than it was in other eras.

If you’ve tried to buy a home recently in Bloomington-Normal, you already know that it’s a sellers’ market. But there are signs that demand from buyers is softening – even as prices keep climbing.

To get the decade-old Uptown underpass project over the finish line will require increases in food and beverage and hotel-motel taxes. That staff recommendation emerged at a special town council meeting on Wednesday evening.

Kevin Surace, an AI pioneer and futurist entrepreneur, will host a talk, "Win with AI Today: Practical Tips for Work, School, and Home," as part of ISU's presidential speaker series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Brown Ballroom of Bone Student Center.

Tynessia Edmonds was one of 397 managers to receive the Ray Kroc Award, named for the businessman responsible for turning McDonald’s into the global fast-food chain it is today.

Members of the city's two-year special commission compiling gun violence solutions say ongoing work is needed.

Demolition began Tuesday on the Front N Center building in Downtown Bloomington. The property will initially become a parking lot, with hopes for redevelopment later.