Courtney Conroy
InternCourtney Conroy is a student intern who hosts All Things Considered and Highway 309. She joined the station in 2024.
Courtney is a junior at Illinois State University, who grew up in the Chicagoland area. She double majors in journalism and mass media: business, promotions, and sales under a full ride scholarship. She hopes to continue working in the public media sector post graduation.
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The Aug. 25 blast ruled the Hoefer home a total loss. The fire spread to the home next door, owned by Ashley McAfee, and destroyed it too. -
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said Wednesday he is working with the Trump administration to secure federal aid for McLean County and surrounding counties damaged by storms in August. -
St. Mary's Church in El Paso will host a watch party for the Sept. 24 ceremony in the same parish hall where Sheen was baptized. -
The spending plan projects an overall deficit of about $11.12 million against total revenues of roughly $109 million and expenditures of about $120 million. -
A small group gathered at Friday's remembrance, which Normal Fire Chief Mick Humer said has grown from a solitary candle at the flagpole into an annual tradition over his 19 years leading the department.
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Illinois' medical aid in dying law takes effect Saturday. Terminally ill adults across the state will have the legal option to request medication from a physician to end their lives. In McLean County, it might not be that easy. -
Executive Director Holly Wayland-Hall said the clinic's mission is charity-based, providing health services to people who are uninsured, or have recently lost coverage through Medicaid. She said 99% of the clinic's patients have no insurance. -
Leadership at YWCA McLean County is pitching government bodies for financial help to address the area's childcare crisis. President and CEO Liz German said there are significant gaps in the state subsidy for childcare — and change is not coming fast enough. -
Gov. JB Pritzker said he doesn't want to see McLean County farmland given up for data centers. He said the state should be pumping the brakes on the industry rather than rolling out the red carpet for it. -
The new, voluntary Blue Envelope Program is now part of the Normal Police Department's operations. It's used to improve interactions — usually traffic stops — with people who have autism, cognitive delays, communication differences or other neurodivergent conditions.
