
Ryan Denham
Digital Content DirectorContact Ryan at rmdenha@ilstu.edu or (309) 438-5426.
Ryan started his career as a copy editor and later business and city government reporter at The Pantagraph in 2006. He later worked for WJBC radio in Bloomington.
Ryan joined WGLT full-time in 2017 as Digital Content Director.
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Police and prosecutors say they’ve seen a concerning increase in juvenile incidents involving guns. That includes shots-fired incidents that can be traumatizing for a neighborhood even if no one is injured or killed.
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Bloomington-Normal's weird weather streak continued Friday with a rare dust storm warning in McLean County, which has now expired.
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Randle Hall is located on the southeast side of the property near Linden and Willow streets. It’s attached to Hammitt School, which will remain.
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Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on Saturday told graduating students at his alma mater to stay idealistic and curious and to “tune out the noise” ‒ and that life’s biggest challenges are when you learn the most.
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The Catholic Diocese of Peoria’s leader calls the election of the first American pope “of great significance for the Church and the world.”
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Maggie Miley’s plans to construct its new outdoor patio adjacent to the east of its current building at 126 E. Beaufort St. It’s currently a vacant lot that was previously used for parking and outdoor dining during the pandemic.
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Golden Ticket Cinemas Ale House Bloomington plans to open in summer 2025 at 415 Detroit Drive, near Towanda Barnes Road and the Central Illinois Regional Airport. That’s the former home of New Vision Theatres (aka Ovation Cinema Grill), which closed in 2020.
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Leaders at the electric automaker Rivian said Tuesday they’ve recorded their second-straight profitable quarter to start 2025, even as President Trump’s tariffs present “significant uncertainty” and will raise production costs by several thousand dollars per vehicle.
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Rivian will get $16 million in state incentives plus more local tax breaks to help build a new supplier park just west of the electric automaker’s manufacturing plant in Normal, officials said Monday. The project is expected to fortify Rivian’s supply chain and create “hundreds of new jobs” once suppliers move in.
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A public informational meeting is set for Monday about a plan to connect White Oak Park and O'Neil Park in west Bloomington with a new bicycle path.