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If you want your yard to thrive, you need to add plants that are hardy for your particular zone. But can you actually fudge the rules of the zones?

Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a devastating disease that has been described as "Parkinson's on steroids." "I hate to say that's pretty accurate," said Steve Gorman, founding member of both The Black Crowes and more recently, Trigger Hippy. "It's the kind of disease that's very rare, it's very hard to diagnose and it's the kind of thing that's usually only diagnosed after all other neurodegenerative ailments have been eliminated. So it can take years to get a proper diagnoses."

Illinois Symphony Orchestra Music Director Finalist Aram Demirjian makes his second stop in Bloomington Saturday evening at Second Presbyterian Church. The concert includes Gabriel Fuare's Pavane.

Hear how Illinois State Univeristy was able to hold the line on tuition. ISU's President Larry Dietz is thanking record-breaking enrollment numbers. In an era of rising tuition, Illinois State is bucking the trend with no tuition or fee increases for this fall. Hear a profile of the candidates and issues in the race for Normal township supervisor. A Normal town council member and Republican Cheryl Gaines is running against Democrat Sarah Grammer. Also, you'll hear a transgender woman, and and

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Against Me!'s 2014's "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" was a coming out party for band founder Laura Jane Grace, who announced two years prior she was a transgender woman. The punk-rock outfit with roots in Gainesville, Florida has been on Lilyana Arielle Fey's radar since the early 2000's. The Peoria native is also a transgender woman, who says she has found solace and community through the music of Against Me!.

In their last face-to-face meeting prior to next Tuesday's municipal election, the two candidates for mayor of Bloomington debated whether the community is in a recession.

The Bloomington City Council is discussing lowering the speed limit on another road and the Mayor thinks it may be time to move forward on revised commission to address transportation issues.