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Exclusive: New hire at North Pole headquarters adds design expert to Santa's veteran toymaking team
Santa Claus is coming to town, with planned appearances all over Bloomington-Normal this month. Santa will appear in Uptown Station and at Eastland Mall. He has cookie plans and ice skating plans and several brunches scheduled with Bloomington-Normal kids. Through a partnership with Normal Parks an…
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Bloomington and Normal join McLean County in suggestion they back away from legal cliff and restart talks in sales tax dispute
The latest missive on the dispute between the City of Bloomington, Town of Normal, and McLean County over how the county government handles shared sales tax money includes a vigorous defense of previous allegations against the county and proffers a reciprocal olive branch. In a letter dated Nov. 26…
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'Disappointment': Central Illinois Scouting leader reacts to military's possible breakup with Scouts
The head of Scouting America in Central Illinois said his initial reaction to the decision by the Secretary of Defense to cut ties with the program formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America is disappointment.
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Friday 12/5/2025
On today's episode, a Scouts leader in central Illinois says he was disappointed and confused by a report that the Pentagon plans to sever ties with the Scouts, a key player in the mental health tax funding dispute says the town of Normal's concerns are nothing new, plus an exclusive interview with…
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Illinois Supreme Court justices want to see McLean County's Family Treatment Court replicated
Justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary K. O'Brien said they were impressed by the state's only problem-solving court addressing child welfare cases. Their stop in McLean County was part of Rochford's effort to visit all 25 judicial circuits in Illinois.
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'Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol' moves the classic story to East Tennessee — with an original Dolly Parton score
The first national tour of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is underway and stops in Bloomington for two shows this weekend. The decorated multi-instrumentalist and songwriter wrote entirely new songs for an adaptation of the Dickensian tale, which moves the setting to a town in East T…
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Heartland Community College apprentices help fill need for skilled workers in McLean County
Heartland Community College signed 37 new apprentices to McLean County business partners during a signing ceremony held Wednesday. The program, in its fifth year, began in 2020.
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 12/4/2025
On today's episode, the argument that private schools in Illinois have a competitive advantage in sports has resurfaced after last weekend's state football finals in Normal, two members of Illinois' highest court laud McLean County's newest problem-solving court, Heartland Community College highlig…
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Private vs. public debate persists at IHSA state football championships
Debates over perceived advantages private schools have over public schools in Illinois High School Association [IHSA] athletics continued as the state football championships played out in Normal and DeKalb.
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Samara Jane, the first Highway 309 Studio Sessions contest winner, says her songwriting can also be therapy
Samara Jane, winner of WGLT's inaugural Highway 309 Studio Sessions Contest, recently performed her award-winning song “Fine” and two others at the WGLT studios. In this lightly edited interview, the ISU senior speaks with WGLT's Jon Norton about winning the contest, why she chose music therapy as …
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