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Bloomington will tackle tough issue of sign code revisions
The City of Bloomington is stepping into what promises to be a thorny issue: rules about signs. City Manager Jeff Jurgens said the city hasn't revised its sign code since the 1970s.
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How Redbird Flight equips college students with financial literacy
From ramen noodles for dinner tonight to retirement further down the road, college students face financial stress at the start of their adult lives like never before. Redbird Flight Plan, formerly Redbird FLI, is Illinois State University’s solution to teaching students skills to ease financial anx…
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It's eagle nesting season in Illinois. One nesting pair calls a Illinois state park home
The bald eagle used to be a rare sight in Illinois. Now, there are more than 3,000 that spend the winter here. IPR's Jess Savage reports.
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McHistory: When planes joined trains and automobiles in Bloomington-Normal
Four airlines now fly in and out of the Central Illinois Regional Airport [CIRA]. They carried about 325,000 passengers last year. It wasn’t always like this. There was a time when the airport that served the Twin Cities had sod and gravel runways.
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Historian Megan Kate Nelson Interview
There are many myths about the American west. There’s the myth of bringing order out of a savage wasteland. The myth of disordered and uncivilized native Americans. The myth of the noble Caucasian cowboy. The myth of rugged individualists who wrested a living from the earth without help from anyone…
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McLean County Emergency Management Agency prepares for another storm season
March 2 - 6 is severe weather preparedness week in Illinois, just ahead of storm season for the state. March 20, the first day of Spring, marks one of the busiest seasons for weather and safety organizations. Cathy Beck is director of the McLean County Emergency Management Agency [EMA]. She underst…
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Redbird men's basketball carries win streak into Arch Madness
A win over Missouri Valley Conference leader Belmont on Sunday helped Illinois State carry a two-game winning streak and some momentum heading into this weekend’s Missouri Valley Conference [MVC] men’s basketball tournament.
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Memory, grief and collective healing take the stage in Community Players' 'Fun Home'
The haunting pull of memory and its potential power to destroy or shape identity come to life in the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, produced for the first time in Bloomington-Normal this weekend. Based on a true events from graphic novelist Alison Bechdel and the struggle to write her autobio…
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8th grade Chiddix teacher on paid leave was disciplined by Unit 5 for repeated ‘grooming behaviors’
A Chiddix Junior High School teacher being investigated by police was disciplined by Unit 5 in December for “repeated unprofessional conduct in the classroom,” according to a Letter of Reprimand obtained by WGLT through a public records request.
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Meet the Newsroom: Lauren Warnecke
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