WGLT's Sound Ideas
Weekdays 5-5:30 p.m.
Sound Ideas is WGLT's 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.
Transcripts are available in the Apple Podcasts app, inside each episode.
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A Bloomington-Normal man said his organization's work to fight malaria around the world has proven effective. Now, he said the Trump administration threatens that progress. -
Several Bloomington restaurants say they can get eggs during the shortage, but prices are beyond exorbitant. They're all struggling to keep up with demand while maintaining quality — and staying in business. -
The '80s hair band musical "Rock of Ages" at Community Players Theatre features the rare addition of a live band rocking out on stage with the cast. -
Jimmy Buffett's longtime bassist says if he weren't a musician, he’d be a psychologist. Jim Mayer not only continues to tour with the Coral Reefers, the band of the late Buffett, he plays in hundreds of schools per year, trying to teach kids social-emotional skills. -
Advocates of a 1% school sales tax in McLean County have formed a committee to encourage voters to approve the tax on election day. Retired school superintendent Barry Reilly chairs the Vote Yes for McLean County Schools committee. -
Cornerstone, Central Catholic and Trinity Lutheran schools could see increased enrollment, but it depends on state leaders who let a school choice program expire in 2023. -
The town accepted the donation of the arts nonprofit's land, building and assets in a unanimous council vote Monday night, and will operate programs out of the Vernon Avenue facility beginning in April. -
Economic development officials in Bloomington-Normal sometimes express frustration at their inability to gain consensus on the importance of addressing a housing shortage. Here's how the skeptics' argument goes. -
Morgan Rondinelli from Normal started Not Alone Notes in 2017 to support people like her who have obsessive compulsive disorder. Now a nonprofit, Rondinelli said she and her team have sent over 3,000 letters to people nationwide. -
Now, after a decade with the Illinois State Archives, Bloomington-Normal native Catherine Popovitch is at the helm of the office tasked with the safekeeping of more than 200 million records.
