Welcome back to "Long Story Short," your weekly update on Central Illinois news. This week, Bloomington School District 87 superintendent Dave Mouser joins D. Jack Alkire and Kelsey Watznauer to talk about the upcoming school year and some of the biggest stories in Central Illinois.

Besides District 87, the crew discusses:

• Memorial Health layoffs
• Illinois Make-A-Wish Convoy
• Purple Heart Day
• Illinois State Fair (and corndog condiments)

To read more about any of the stories mentioned this week, find our full reporting at pantagraph.com, herald-review.com and jg-tc.com or download our apps, available for Apple and Android.

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Music by Diamond Tunes.