Good evening everyone and welcome back to another episode of 'Long Story Short' where we recap Central Illinois news from Lee Enterprises' journalists. In this week's episode reporters Kelsey Watznauer and Sierra Henry talk about the "song of summer" and everyone's favorite topic: cicadas and how many insects Central Illinois residents can expect to see emerging from the ground this year.

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