Willis Kern
Correspondent, Retired News DirectorWillis is a Bloomington, IL, native. During his senior year at Bloomington High School, he finished third in the "Radio Speaking" division of the state speech contest, the only year he competed.
Willis began his radio career in 1975 at a now-defunct station in Normal. He worked swing shifts at WJBC in Bloomington while attending ISU. He served a 14-year stint as the nighttime announcer. Willis joined WGLT in 1993 and was named news director in 1997. He has won numerous awards for reporting and news writing and has been named Downstate Best Reporter four times by the Illinois Associated Press, once in 2004 and three consecutive years 2007-2009.
Willis volunteers at his church and is involved in prison ministry. He is married with two sons and loves the St. Louis Cardinals.
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GLT is partnering with the true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.New episodes…
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GLT is partnering with the true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father…
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GLT is partnering with the true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father…
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GLT is partnering with the true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father…
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GLT is partnering with the true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father…
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You've probably seen the Capital One TV commercials, where celebrities Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Garner ask, "What's in your wallet?" More and more…
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The possibility of legal pot being available in Illinois has left one drug and crime expert 'stunned.'Proposed legislation in Illinois would make…
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Administrators at Heartland Community College are preparing a strategic budgeting process that calls for the college to dip into reserves only if state…
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The proposed $15 per hour minimum wage for Illinois could cost Illinois State University about $8 million.That's according to ISU President Larry Dietz,…
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Obtaining and doing away with property will occupy Bloomington aldermen when they meet in regular session tonight. The city council will consider…