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After another mass shooting at a concert, what can venues like Grossinger Motors Arena do to keep people safe? Bloomington's arena executive director Lynn Cannon talks to GLT's Ryan Denham about thinking beyond metal detectors. You'll also hear from the General Manager of the Bloomington Edge football team. He's traveling to Vegas for league meetings. His plane was landing as gunfire erupted. Then, get the ins and outs of sex offender and violent offender registration rules. And Tommy Castro is

Bloomington Police Officer Shawn Albert currently tracks roughly 200 Bloomington residents on two state mandatory registrations.

Stories are emerging from Las Vegas of tourists running for their lives, trying to escape a hail of gunfire in what’s become the worst mass shooting in modern American history .

You might have heard about people who talk to trees. But can trees speak?

A brand new outdoor fitness challenge takes you out of your comfort zone and aims to put you in the triumph zone.

Here are the top stories we covered this week (Sept. 25-29, 2017) on WGLT and WGLT.org.

Ponds on our property can add beauty and value. They can also add to our to-do list.

An author who chronicles the effects of globalization on food and clothing is urging the public to become more informed.

Hear from young people about organized religion. They appear to be going in opposite directions. Teenager Kate Lorenz and church leaders talk about the disconnect. Judy Valente reports. During an edition of Animal House, hear how two artists who are now sharing studio space may now share a new creative spark. Since the budget veto override, nearly two dozen staffers with Governor Rauner’s office have quit or been fired. Hear where he’s looking for staff and what that could mean. And it’s a

Kristen Gillespie is incredibly upbeat for a someone who took the helm of an ailing Illinois State University women's basketball team just four months ago.

It’s the 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass at Epiphany Catholic Church in Normal. This used to be the parish’s “Life Teen Mass,” but it isn’t any longer. White-haired and middle-aged people fill the pews — even some couples with children. But there are few teens or young adults. That concerns Father Eric Powell, Epiphany’s pastor.

Artists Jan Brandt and Jeannie Breitweiser have teamed up in a new space that will allow them to create and also celebrate the creativity of others.

Does media coverage of the Trump administration mark a turning point for American journalism? GLT’s Judy Valente talks with IWU Journalism Professor James Plath on ethical struggles for journalists. Plus, the groundbreaking nature of the movie Dunkirk as told by GLT culture maven Shari Zeck, and a preview of George Thorogood and the Destroyers' trip to Bloomington, courtesy of Jon Norton.

Should journalists report everything the president or other public officials say, even if it's rude, crude or proves to be untrue?

White pines in America are vulnerable to several diseases.