As Route 66 turns 100, a new book is expanding the story of the Mother Road by focusing on people often left out of its history.

As Route 66 turns 100, a new book is expanding the story of the Mother Road by focusing on people often left out of its history.

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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. You can also subscribe to the Sound Ideas - Full Episodes podcast.

A new Route 66 book shares stories from forgotten women who shaped the Mother Road

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The Town of Normal has collected more storm debris in less than a week than all the waste it hauled away in March. The town previously said it collected about 3,900 cubic yards of brush, branches, and limbs over the weekend following last Friday's tornadoes. It’s a lot more now — 6,600-plus cubic yards, City Manager Pam Reece said in a Sound Ideas interview.

The Town of Normal has collected more storm debris in less than a week than all the waste it hauled away in March.&nbsp;The town previously said it collected about 3,900 cubic yards of brush, branches, and limbs over the weekend following last Friday's tornadoes. It&rsquo;s a lot more now &mdash; 6,600-plus cubic yards, City Manager Pam Reece said in a Sound Ideas interview.

There’s no brushing off the amount of brush left by the tornadoes in Normal

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A year after the Ecology Action Center [EAC] got a green light on its proposal for a permanent hazardous waste disposal site, the Normal nonprofit is casting a wide net to raise the approximately $6 million needed to get the project off the ground. Executive Director Michael Brown said pending state legislation regulating disposal of toxic and combustible items could help.

A year after the Ecology Action Center [EAC] got a green light on its proposal for a permanent hazardous waste disposal site, the Normal nonprofit is casting a wide net to raise the approximately $6 million needed to get the project off the ground.&nbsp;Executive Director Michael Brown said pending state legislation regulating disposal of toxic and combustible items could help.

McLean County inches closer to a permanent site for hazardous waste disposal

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The Illinois Senate has unanimously passed a bill to expand orders of protection to online spaces and allow victims to indefinitely extend protection orders. The bill would give law enforcement more authority to investigate and bring charges against anyone who uses online spaces to harass someone with an order of protection against that person. People with protection orders would also be able to indefinitely extend the order of protection.

The Illinois Senate has unanimously passed a bill to expand orders of protection to online spaces and allow victims to indefinitely extend protection orders.&nbsp;The bill would give law enforcement more authority to investigate and bring charges against anyone who uses online spaces to harass someone with an order of protection against that person.&nbsp;People with protection orders would also be able to indefinitely extend the order of protection.

Illinois lawmakers want to expand protections to domestic violence victims to digital spaces

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A new Route 66 book shares stories from forgotten women who shaped the Mother Road

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