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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El Paso's Project XV voting rights museum began as a class project in Michael Melick's course. The state historical society gives a $1,000 prize to one teacher each year for outstanding ways of engaging Illinois history. -
Illinois State University students grappled Monday with the aftermath of a second shooting on or very near campus this school year. Classes resumed, but some said they were left feeling uneasy. -
Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect who shot someone Sunday night inside the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University. They’ve released two photos of someone they call "a person of interest." -
One person was injured in a shooting Sunday night during a student organization’s event at the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University, authorities said. Police are still looking for the suspect. -
Biographer and historian Guy Fraker will give a talk about Ann Rutledge, rumored to be Abraham Lincoln's first sweetheart. -
![Rep. Eric Sorensen [IL-17] visited Bloomington-Normal for the second time this week, celebrating a federal grant to the Normal Police Department.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/603c658/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5023x2799+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F30%2F2f13575b43a485e56930fb4c0552%2Fimg-8766.jpg)
Mayor Chris Koos said the Central Illinois lawmaker was key to Normal police winning a grant to significantly increase the department's budget. -
The two full-time staff members of the Normal nonprofit hoped to keep their jobs as it transitioned to the town's Cultural Arts Department. Neither was hired. -
The Twin City theater company committed to works by, for and about diverse audiences includes its second production of India Nicole Burton's work and a workshop production of Gaby Labotka's Rare Wolves, directed by the playwright. -
Illinois lawmakers are trying the curb plastic production by limiting foam food containers and single-use plastic bags, which contribute to rising plastic levels in lakes and groundwater sources like the Mahomet Aquifer. -
Three employees at the Bloomington-Normal YMCA were recognized Monday for heroic actions performed when a patron collapsed while using a rowing machine.
![Rep. Eric Sorensen [IL-17] visited Bloomington-Normal for the second time this week, celebrating a federal grant to the Normal Police Department.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/143eb74/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5023x2799+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F30%2F2f13575b43a485e56930fb4c0552%2Fimg-8766.jpg)
