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Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff explores how a diverse tallgrass prairie was transformed into a landscape now dominated by monoculture crops. How did a biodiverse prairie that excelled at storing carbon turn into farmland that contributes to climate change?

State Senator Dave Koehler hopes his new law will reduce gun violence. His Firearm Owner Identification Modernization Act updates the process of renewing a Firearm Owner Identification card with some plusses and minuses. OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center is taking steps to compensate for backbreaking COVID patient loads but the crush of patients and staff shortages caused by COVID have forced central Illinois hospitals to delay elective surgeries. And hear how to muster comedy in dark times. A Daily Show writer visits Bloomington Normal.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. You'll hear about an organization raising concerns about a proposal to add license plate cameras around Bloomington. Plus, an interview with Mayor Chris Koos.

Bloomington Police say if new gun conversion kits spread, two or three round shots-fired incidents could become gun battles of ninety rounds in five seconds. And a candidate for State Treasurer says he wants to combine the office with state Comptroller. The significance of in-school COVID testing really depends on the district. But other mileage varies as school districts decide how best to reduce quarantine times after direct contacts with COVID positive people. And test supplies might become scarce. There's such a big shortage of substitute teachers school districts even want to use kids from Colleges like ISU as subs. And hear the music of Great Value Jesus.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Jan. 24. You'll hear from Unit 5's superintendent Kristen Wiekle on why that district won't be implementing test-to-stay COVID protocols. Plus, a look at the demand for COVID testing with Reditus Laboratories CEO Dr. Aaron Rossi.

On today's episode, you'll hear from a charge nurse in the ICU at Carle BroMenn Medical Center about what this moment of COVID has been like for her and her peers. Also, an interview with Normal City Manager Pam Reece. And a conversation about what happens to all the stuff we leave behind ... and who'd want to buy it.

Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff gives us the first of a two-part episode that dives into the potential of building a local food system in Central Illinois and reviews a bit of the history of why, in a place with such great soil, a strong local food system has yet to take hold.

Suburban sprawl is very expensive to cities and towns. It's far more cost effective to have cities go up instead of out. Bloomington wants to offer incentives for infill and rebuilding instead of more of the same old edge-of-town subdivisions. Three Afghani men evacuated when that country fell to the Taliban are relocating to Bloomington...Hear about the Afghan Welcome Home Project of Central Illinois. And there's a new resource guide for those with autism in Bloomington Normal and those who want to learn about the condition.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Jan. 26. You'll hear the latest on a homicide in Bloomington and new McLean County COVID data. Plus, Bloomington's Planning Commission chair talks about a new plan to reduce urban sprawl within the city.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason says he's excited about creating incentives to rehab houses. Gleason says some areas of town fit perfectly with people who want to live near the city core and who don't want to live in a three hundred thousand dollar house. The Illinois Stewardship Alliance dreams of a day Illinois can feed itself...Right now Illinois imports more than 90-percent of its food. And...is Normal still in the running for that new Samsung battery plant? Big changes in the EV industry complicate the answer.