Charlie Schlenker
Senior ReporterWGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, and graduated from Augustana College. He has spent more than four decades in radio and has won numerous state and national awards for journalism. He lives in Normal with his family.
Contact Charlie at ceschle@ilstu.edu.
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A vendor for the City of Bloomington suffered a ransomware cyberattack early this month. That criminal action disrupted about 1,500 credit and debit card payments to the city. -
ISU President Aondover Tarhule on Friday took a practical stance as litigation continues over a lot of federal mandates. "Our first and most important responsibility is to our students,” said Tarhule. -
Illinois State University's board of trustees on Friday approved a 5% tuition increase for new students arriving on campus this fall, with Chief Financial Officer Glen Nelson saying planners tried to minimize the impact of cost increases on those students. -
Costará a la mayoría de los estudiantes de grado entrantes de Illinois State University unos $1,143 dólares más el próximo año escolar, según las recomendaciones que la administración está presentando a la Board of Trustees. -
Last year, many Bloomington-Normal residents saw their electric bills jump 40% in some cases, even after the municipalities teamed together with other Illinois governments. And there are signs the summer could produce some volatile electric rates again. -
La policía de Bloomington ahora califica la muerte de una joven de 16 años ocurrida a principios de este mes como una investigación de homicidio. -
La Town of Normal extenderá el Constitution Trail en el lado oeste de la ciudad, gracias a una subvención federal de $1,9 millones de dólares anunciada por el senador estadounidense Dick Durbin. -
Bloomington Police now call the death of a 16-year-girl earlier this month a homicide investigation. But they have released few other details, including a cause of death.
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El director del Central Illinois Regional Airport afirmó que el 2025 fue un buen año para las instalaciones de Bloomington. Carl Olson señaló que el aeropuerto tuvo aproximadamente 325,000 pasajeros durante el año, manteniéndose en el mismo rango que los últimos dos años. -
A $1.9 million federal grant announced by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will fund engineering and construction of the new stretch of trail that will extend the current endpoint at Gregory Street and Parkside to the west and south.
