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Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. A sold out

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Speaker 1: crowd cheered for actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk as he

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Speaker 1: brought a sneak peek of his new movie Normal to

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Speaker 1: the Normal theater last night.

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Speaker 1: The movie's over the top violence runs through the streets

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Speaker 1: of a fictional Midwest town called Normal, where dark secrets

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Speaker 1: are exposed after a botched bank robbery. Talking to the

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Speaker 1: crowd after the screening, Odenkirk said, borrowing our Normal's name

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Speaker 1: was a storytelling device because the movie's town is not

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Speaker 1: normal at all. This is a bigger town than the

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Speaker 1: one pictured in this movie, but in a lot of ways,

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Speaker 1: I think the town in this movie is representative of

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Speaker 1: a lot of towns in America. The movie was filmed

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Speaker 1: in Canada. It opens in wide release on April 17th.

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Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington has lifted its water conservation restrictions.

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Speaker 1: Recent heavy rainfall improved water levels at the city's two

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Speaker 1: water supplies, Lakes Bloomington and Evergreen. The combined lake deficit

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Speaker 1: was 6.4 ft yesterday morning.

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Speaker 1: That is nearly 4 ft better than in February when

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Speaker 1: severe drought conditions prompted the city to issue a proclamation

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Speaker 1: urging residents and businesses to cut back on use. The

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Speaker 1: bishop of the diocese of Peoria says Pope Leo's recent

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Speaker 1: anti-war message was intended, at least partly toward the United States.

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Speaker 1: Louis Tila says the Pope is calling upon all nations

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Speaker 1: of the world to practice harmony and justice. We live

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Speaker 1: in a country that is now in conflict in Iran,

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Speaker 1: and we would be coolest not to hear that as

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Speaker 1: a message that we need to hear and take to

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Speaker 1: heart in our own country. Tila says Catholic churches in

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Speaker 1: central Illinois reflect the national trend in growing attendance.

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Speaker 1: An opera company based in Blooming to Normal is among

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Speaker 1: 200 Illinois nonprofits to receive a Healing Illinois grant.

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Speaker 1: MO Opera received the largest grant in its history for

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Speaker 1: I Too Sing America. The month-long series highlights black composers

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Speaker 1: and stories within opera. Artistic director Tracy Cook says the

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Speaker 1: initiative is about black Americans seeing themselves in this genre.

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Speaker 2: They see people of color participating in opera and also

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Speaker 2: performing opera, and also our stories in opera.

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Speaker 1: The series kicks off April 10th and 11th. Find more

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Speaker 1: news at WGLT.org. I'm Ryan.