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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

On today's episode, the owner of a McLean County farm tallies up the damage after last month's historic rain. A pro-EV group makes the case of battery-powered buses and semis. And a new installment of our McHistory series.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, July 9, 2021.

Marvel returns to the multiplex this weekend with the release of the long-awaited "Black Widow," starring Scarlett Johansson. The Psych Geeks are here to dissect it.

A Bloomington attorney and Lincoln scholar has given a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote to a Peoria Attorney, to the Lincoln Library and Presidential Museum in Springfield. It's a window into the mind of Lincoln as a politician and person in transition. Hear a reckoning of the costs of COVID in the things you can't do: lost health and lost opportunity from the pandemic in McLean County. Gardening is good for the body, mind and soul. Sarah Davis sure thought so. The WGLT Datebook takes you on the Glorious Garden Walk at the David Davis Mansion. Hear about the delicious and the dangerous poke sallet. It's tasty but sometimes toxic.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, July 13 2021.

Connect Transit gave more than a million rides during the pandemic. The head of the board for Bloomington Normal's bus system says that alone makes the case transit is a community must have as ridership rises again. Plus, progress to rework the Pantagraph building into a transfer center.Racial violence. Family trauma. The price of security. It's pretty heady stuff for a comic book movie. Scott Jordan is one-half of WGLT's Psych Geeks team -- dissecting the release of Marvel's "Black Widow" and its place in the always changing popular culture. Blues Traveler plays the Corn Crib. Jon Norton has the interview about the group's early dreams and new realities.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, May 20. Eric Stock reports on how two candidates running for a judgeship that includes McLean County view the end of cash bail, which is set to take effect in Illinois next year. Plus, one of the owners of The Garlic Press in Uptown talks about getting a shout-out from American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.

On today's episode, you'll hear from Rose Marshack and Rick Valentin, two musicians and educators, about what might be next for "American Idol" third-place finisher Leah Marlene's career. And Lyndsay Jones reports on what's next for Mother Murphy's.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, May 27. Ahead of Memorial Day, the parents of Bloomington's Sgt. Anthony Maddox, who died nearly a decade ago in Afghanistan while in the Army, say they believe they've finally found a way to honor his legacy. Plus, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) shares her thoughts on gun control laws during an appearance on The 21st Show Thursday.