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.
-
Mayor Chris Koos has moved slightly off of his generally free market stance on development projects that could reduce the community housing shortage for mid-tier workers.
-
The upcoming Bloomington mayoral race between incumbent Mboka Mwilambwe and former State Rep. Dan Brady may hinge more on style and vision than on big differences on issues.
-
A disease that kills white-tailed deer has moved further into central Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Chronic Wasting Disease is now in Ford County. It’s also been found in Livingston and 19 other Illinois counties.
-
At a "State of the City" event held Wednesday at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Mayor Mboke Mwilambwe said Bloomington is healthy and prosperous with a falling crime rate and good economic development.
-
Illinois State University students have joined their counterparts on dozens of college campuses nationwide in setting up tent encampments to demonstrate support for Palestinians.
-
Dan Brady will challenge Mboka Mwilambwe, who announced earlier this month he intends to seek a second term as Bloomington's mayor in 2025.
-
This time could be different on immigration. That's the hope Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen has for a trip to the Arizona border.
-
The fire happened under a section of conveyor that moves vehicle chassis down Rivian's assembly line on the western side of the building, said the Normal Fire Department.
-
The Bloomington-Normal labor market saw the second highest unemployment rate increase in the state in March. The increase was more than half a point. The 4.2% jobless rate is still the lowest among major Illinois metro areas.
-
Chestnut Health Systems is changing its top leader. Chief Operating Officer Puneet Leekha will become CEO next year. Current CEO Dave Sharar will transition to do more research with the Lighthouse Institute wing of Chestnut.