Lauren Warnecke
ReporterLauren Warnecke is a reporter at WGLT. She joined the station as a correspondent in 2020 with a focus on arts and culture and became a full-time staff member in 2023.
Lauren also reviews dance for the Chicago Tribune and occasionally contributes to Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Louis and Dance magazines. She lives in Normal and kindly requests a seat on the aisle.
You can reach Lauren at lewarne@ilstu.edu.
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Emerson Evans, 31, appeared before Judge Amy McFarland Monday afternoon for a pretrial detention hearing on two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child. Prosecutors argued Evans should be held in McLean County Jail awaiting trial; McFarland agreed. -
A former president of the State Farm Holiday Classic is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the nonprofit organization that runs the annual high school basketball tournament in Bloomington-Normal. -
Jen Bervin's first career survey was stunted by the COVID-19 pandemic. University Galleries has decided "Shift Rotate Reflect" deserved another chance. The show runs Aug. 15 to Dec. 10. -
The FAIR Act seeks to establish a state public defenders office to ease equity gaps for under-resourced counties, cap caseloads and provide oversight and advocacy. Illinois is one of five states without such an office. -
The paper, launched in 2020, is the only news agency operating in Ford County, just east of McLean County, and covering Paxton and Gibson City. -
Pat Gaik proposed The Baker's Wife as Prairie Fire Theatre's summer production. Once they heard it, they couldn't say no. -
After a decade as the Normal theater company's artistic director, Rhys Lovell has announced he'll step down at the end of next season. -
As drivers prepare for a cruise down Route 66 during next year's centennial, a trail extension in southern McLean County will get bicyclists one step closer to a continuous safe path between Bloomington and St. Louis just beside the Mother Road. -
Rep. Darin LaHood, a Peoria Republican, was rumored to be considering a run for the U.S. Senate. He announced Tuesday he'll campaign to continue representing Illinois' 16th Congressional District. -
Steven T. Johnson must serve at least half of his 60-year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple counts of possessing child pornography.
