Lyndsay Jones
ReporterLyndsay Jones is a reporter at WGLT. She joined the station in 2021. You can reach her at lljone3@ilstu.edu.
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After stints as provost, vice president for academic affairs and interim president, Aondover Tarhule is officially the 21st president of Illinois State University.
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A state plan to rebuild two aging prisons has some state and local government leaders in Logan County concerned about the future of a facility that provides nearly 500 jobs in the area.
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The elimination of cash bail as a means to detain people before trial has brought change to McLean County, including heavier workloads and lower jail populations, as officials navigate the implications of a massive rewrite of the state’s pretrial process.
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The grant award requires ISU to conduct a research study on the use of more diverse manikins in the Mennonite College of Nursing's Simulation Lab.
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Joe McGraw, left, and Scott Crowl are running in the 17th Congressional District Republican primary March 19. The winner will face Democrat Eric Sorensen in November.
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March is Women’s History Month, and all this month WGLT is recognizing 21 women who shaped Bloomington-Normal. One will be featured every weekday. Follow along at WGLT.org/21Women.
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Manager Yvonne Wilson emphasized the bands and artists are not at fault for the damages and placed blame on concertgoers whose actions have ranged from “chaotic” to “not normal behavior.”
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Data from the Department of Education’s Integrated Post Secondary Education Data Systems shows that a majority of college students took at least one or more of their classes online in 2022: 54%. That’s a nearly 50% jump from that percentage in pre-pandemic fall 2019, when it was just 37% of students.
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The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board in January recognized the United Faculty of Illinois State University, which is a chapter of University Professionals of Illinois (UPI Local 4100).
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Illinois State University’s governing body approved a new degree program, additional funding for work at the future home of the College of Engineering and the first renovations of the chemistry lab at University High School since 1965 during a regularly scheduled meeting Friday.