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State Farm denies allegations raised in four race discrimination lawsuits filed in recent weeks against the insurance company. Three women and one man claim they were fired after they reported discrimination and a hostile work environment.저자 Eric Stock

Nearly a year ago on a sunny late summer afternoon, a cascade of sharp cracks sounded in the Landings Mobile Home Park in Normal. Ronald Reiner, 66, a resident of the Landings, had taken his handgun and started shooting. Police responded with everyone on the shift, including school resource officers. When it was over, three people were dead.…

McLean County's mental health initiatives are getting national attention. The National Association of Counties has tabbed McLean County and about a dozen other counties and cities to share ideas through the new Familiar Faces Initiative.저자 Eric Stock

The product of a national coalition of police leadership, researchers and professional organizations, the 30x30 Initiative is aimed at encouraging police departments across the country to have 30% percent of their recruits be women by 2030.저자 Lyndsay Jones

Bloomington's Public Safety and Community Relations Board is getting ready to bridge the generation gap, bringing on its first teen member.저자 Michele Steinbacher

McLean County courts hope to use data on juvenile offenders to reduce adult crime and punishment in central Illinois. The effort has two prongs — improving interventions for troubled children, and a potential specialty court for offenders aged 18 to 25.저자 Charlie Schlenker

Garrett Scott, a longtime Normal Town Council member, speech pathologist, and chess educator who helped thousands of school children learn and play chess, has died. He was 78.저자 Charlie Schlenker

Eleven new restaurants have opened or are in the process of opening in Bloomington-Normal.저자 Jack Podlesnik, Sarah Nardi

A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University will soon be on her way to Vienna, Austria as a Fulbright Scholar for the upcoming school year.저자 Sarah Nardi , Jack Podlesnik

Girls in Bloomington-Normal will get the chance to hone their STEM skills through its Tech Astra summit this fall.저자 Jack Podlesnik, Sarah Nardi

McLean County is getting more legal marijuana tax money than just the amounts going to Bloomington and Normal. The YWCA of McLean County will receive more than $282,000 for its Labyrinth Outreach Services that helps women coming out of prison reintegrate into the community.저자 Charlie Schlenker

State water testing shows Normal, Heyworth and Saybrook have detectable levels of PFAs, or so-called forever chemicals. The Illinois EPA says the levels in those communities are nothing to be concerned about.저자 Eric Stock

Normal First United Methodist Church music director Nander Novaes will play a solo recital of classical guitar works, starting at 7 p.m. Friday. The concert features Brazilian composers — with cookies to follow.저자 Lauren Warnecke

Two shows this summer are collectively aimed at reducing barriers to art with works made from unique materials. “Within Reach” runs through Aug. 12, followed by a solo exhibition called, “Have Your Cake,” from Aug. 22 through Oct. 7.저자 Lauren Warnecke

The head of the Bloomington-Normal YMCA says the organization is exploring several ways to improve access for people without transportation to get to its new facility on Bloomington's east side. Executive director B.J. Wilken said the Y has bought a bus that can deliver children to the $24 million facility that is set to open later this month.…

The head of the West Market Street Council says the group continues to work on plans to acquire the former Fox Plaza West shopping center to open a grocery store in the west Bloomington neighborhood. Those efforts stalled recently when the property failed to sell at an auction.저자 Eric Stock

Dr. Hudson Riehl says parents have to process their own feelings before they can help their children.저자 Sarah Nardi

A chemical and agricultural behemoth has bought a St. Louis-based startup company that works closely with Illinois State University, where researchers have worked to domesticate the weed pennycress into a cover crop and oil seed plant dubbed CoverCress.저자 Charlie Schlenker

Normal-based Midwest Food Bank is sending aid to flood-ravaged Kentucky while also addressing the quieter emergency of food insecurity amid inflation.저자 Sarah Nardi

Normal Mayor Chris Koos would like to see the community develop guidelines for a shovel-ready industrial park, something the Economic Development Council has begun to talk about. But during a WGLT interview on Sound Ideas, he shied away from specifying what the town should provide to make it happen.저자 Charlie Schlenker

Brett Conlin’s new full-band Americana-rock album is a nostalgic and sometimes wistful look at his youthful days growing up in Kewanee.저자 Jon Norton

Backyard Tire Fire's new album drops Friday. They perform at the Black Dirt Music Festival in Bloomington on Saturday. Wilco headlines the fest.저자 Jon Norton

Author John Milward connects American music legends like The Carter Family and Hank Williams with today's big stars including Jason Isbell and Brandi Carlisle.저자 Jon Norton

Bloomington-based hip-hop artist Darius Williams says his new album was self-therapy during a difficult time. He says it's his most personal work to date.저자 Jon Norton

Like many bands, the Bloomington-based quintet Old Smoke used downtime during the pandemic to write and record a new album.저자 Jon Norton

Family took center stage on Dan Hubbard's new five-song EP “Fall in Love Again (Quarantine Lullabies)”.저자 Jon Norton

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has many optimistic a return to something resembling “normal” is approaching. That includes a Bloomington Normal live-music scene gutted by the pandemic. Most music organizers in the Twin Cities said they are shooting for summer and fall performances.저자 Jon Norton

Rick Valentin says dreary central Illinois winter weather is why he began writing and recording new music in January 2020. But that exercise for his solo vehicle, Thoughts Detecting Machines, evolved into an album that acted as a coping mechanism when the pandemic hit.저자 Jon Norton

Dominique Stevenson is a very visible Twin City activist who uses his music to spread a message of unity and encouragement. He was on the front lines of social justice marches last summer and even founded the youth-based advocacy group Next Gen Initiative.저자 Jon Norton

Bloomington singer/songwriter Brett Conlin said a three-month isolation at home with his family last spring became the fodder for his just released acoustic EP "The Great Divide."저자 Jon Norton

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Borbely said creating the debut album for the Bloomington-based Progressive Space rock outfit CAPS LOCK was almost literally a life-saver.저자 Jon Norton

Peoria may not seem fertile ground for birthing a Flamenco band. But a side jam during the making of a compilation CD among area musicians grew into one of Peoria’s newest outfits.저자 Jon Norton

The pandemic has hit full-time performing musicians especially hard. There are very few places to perform and in-person audiences are sparse, at best.저자 Jon Norton

Singer-songwriter Leah Marlene's first full-length album is quite a curveball for those that came to her through her 2018 up-tempo, hook-laden debut EP “Arrows.”저자 Jon Norton

Listen at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, for an hourlong special dedicated to Delta Frank, our legendary blues host. Listen on 89.1 FM or stream at WGLT.org.저자 Jon Norton

Musicians and concert promoters are working their way back into larger live music events. Blackberry Smoke headlines one of two shows this weekend at the Corn Crib in Normal.저자 Jon Norton

Dominique Stevenson has been a very public figure in Bloomington-Normal this year. He founded the youth-based Next Gen Initiative. The social-justice group initiated several marches and education forums in the Twin Cities this summer.저자 Jon Norton

Rapper and visual artist Grill Billyenz of Normal says the darker industrial sound on his latest album "Metamorph" comes from the ghost-town feeling he gets working the third shift at his "day job."저자 Jon Norton

Releasing a new album during the coronavirus pandemic has a silver lining for the bluesy Peoria roots-rock trio Hoosier Daddy.저자 Jon Norton

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