Colleen Reynolds
CorrespondentColleen Reynolds was a correspondent at WGLT. She left the station in 2023.
Colleen has spent most of her adult life working the streets and beats of Bloomington-Normal for WJBC-AM where she won numerous reporting awards for hard news, feature writing, and breaking news coverage.
Reynolds was twice named the Associated Press’ Best Downstate Radio Reporter in Illinois. She was recently nominated for an Outstanding Communicator Award from the Bloomington-Normal Chapter of the American Women in Communications, a distinction she also received in 2013. Her love of dining out also prompted her to write a weekly food blog called “Food for Thought” at WJBC. Reynolds and interim WGLT General Manager R.C. McBride were part of the team at WJBC awarded the NAB’s Marconi Award for National Radio Station of the year in 2005 and 2009, when McBride served as program director there.
Reynolds works full-time for OSF HealthCare. Her community involvement includes the League of Women Voters of McLean County and the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and its foundation.
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Bloomington-Normal singer-songwriter Leah Marlene finished 3rd on Sunday in the "American Idol" finale.
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Former U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood will be discussing civility and bipartisanship as keynote speaker of the League of Women Voters of McLean County annual fundraising event Tuesday in Bloomington.
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The federal government is responsible for enacting immigration reforms, but states can make the lives of immigrants better through state statutes.
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The lack of civility is something so many children and adults are re-learning as they adjust to being back in community with others, and one Bloomington teacher says that reality is not only impacting schools, but every sector of public life.
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The Illinois State University Board of Trustees on Saturday voted unanimously to authorize the Athletics Department to proceed with an $11.5 million indoor domed practice facility.
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McLean County social service leaders say they aren’t yet seeing the impact of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic eviction moratorium – but they’ve been preparing.
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The panel discussion, “A Local Look at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI),” was hosted by the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s Women to Women Giving Circle on Tuesday evening at the Illinois State University Alumni Center.
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The 9/11 terrorist attacks is being remembered with a variety of events. Many of them, such as the Firefighters Memorial Ceremony on Saturday at Miller Park, were solemn affairs.
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Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill late last month to address what he called “local news deserts” in Illinois. The legislation pushes to ensure local journalism survives in Illinois’ small towns and mid-sized cities.
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Can you call it hot housing karma? It’s the mojo that comes around when you sell a house well over asking after struggling to find a house somewhere else within your price range in this crazy real estate market.