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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There's a declaration of emergency over the number of unhoused people in Bloomington right now, and efforts to provide new housing and expanded space in shelters. In this episode of WGLT's series "McHistory," you'll learn that the issue is not new — though the response today is perhaps more humane than it was in other eras. -
To get the decade-old Uptown underpass project over the finish line will require increases in food and beverage and hotel-motel taxes. That staff recommendation emerged at a special town council meeting on Wednesday evening. -
McLean County government has offered an olive branch in its response to notice of default from the City of Bloomington and Town of Normal in a protracted dispute over shared sales tax money. -
The McLean County Farm Bureau is expressing disappointment with the redesigned intersection of College Avenue and Rivian Motorway, also also known as Route 150. Under construction, it will be a roundabout. -
McLean County Auditor Michelle Anderson is again facing criticism, this time for a late county audit that other county officials say is causing problems. -
La Policía Estatal de Illinois y la forense del condado de McLean informaron que Alice Fulks, de 71 años y residente de Downs, falleció el sábado por la tarde en una colisión frontal en la carretera U.S. 150 cerca de Downs. -
Una gran multitud se reunió en el espacio público frente al Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts el sábado, mientras se llevaban a cabo concentraciones por el “No Kings” Day en toda la nación. -
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner say 71-year-old Alice Fulkshas died in a head-on collision on Route 150 near Downs. -
A large crowd packed into public space outside the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts as rallies for the “No Kings” Day took place across the nation.
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El alcalde de Bloomington, Dan Brady, no cree que una votación reñida del concejo municipal para dedicar el dinero del impuesto a las ventas de comestibles a la infraestructura sea el resultado de mensajes inconsistentes.
