Two Central Illinois conductors on the Underground Railroad in Tazewell County were charged with violating fugitive slave laws. Abraham Lincoln was their lawyer. Celebrate the underground railroad in McLean and Tazewell Counties. Congressmen Darin LaHood and Rodney Davis call for the ouster of two top national security officials saying those officials ignored intelligence predicting the Taliban would roll over the Afghan government. A national labor leader from McLean County calls for solidarity - against the pandemic. Plus, the Make Music Normal festival returns with precautions.
WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.