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ArtGasm returns to the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 16, bringing the fantastical fairy tales and characters from the Brothers' Grimm tales to the ballroom with this year's theme, "Grimm Fantasy."

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. You'll hear about a McLean County government committee endorsing a plan to pay all county workers who get the COVID vaccine -- or have already done so. Plus, an interview with an Illinois State University cybersecurity expert.

Illinois State University professor David Lane explores the world of tattooists in his new book, "The Other End of the Needle: Continuity and Change among Tattoo Workers."

A $75 million expansion at a candy plant in southwest Bloomington will create 50 new jobs. The Ferrero facility will make chocolate for various products, including Butterfinger, 100-Grand, Crunch and Raisinets. There's more on that very sweet prospect. A criminal justice sciences expert says the Lasalle County Sheriff's Department is guilty of bad PR in the Jelani Day case. Ralph Weisheit says even news releases that don't say much are better than nothing. He says the public also is to blame for having unreasonable expectations on the speed of lab tests. And OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center's new nine million dollar cancer center is done and operating.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. You'll hear about plans to fill the Ward 6 vacancy on the Bloomington City Council. Plus, an interview with a city official about a housing rehab program that can help flood victims.

WGLT begins a new series about life work balance. 'Life's Work' today is about the restaurant industry, a business in which balance is a little like being on a tight rope. A call comes in central Illinois for retired attorneys and judges to help those who need it pro bono. The Chief Medical Officer at Carle BoMenn says doctors get really frustrated at blind rejection of the Coronavirus vaccine. COVID patients in Bloomington Normal are getting younger and sicker. And the brothers Grimm infuse an event in Bloomington with darkness as well as light.

The West Bloomington Revitalization Project's Bed Blitz returns on Saturday. At the last Bed Blitz in 2019, over 120 beds were given away.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. You'll hear about some good news related to COVID-19 in McLean County. Plus, the co-owners of Fort Jesse Cafe in Normal talk about how COVID has changed their industry.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. You'll hear about the groundbreaking at Ferrero's expanding facility in Bloomington. Plus, an ISU professor takes a look at the Jelani Day case.

A Normal Town Council member says she would like to use some of the town's share of federal pandemic relief money to lower fares for people with disabilities who use Connect Transit. And Karyn Smith says relief for those behind on water and sewer payments might also make her priority list. A Bloomington Normal cybersecurity expert says the pandemic and social upheaval has made people more vulnerable to attempts to compromise their computers because it puts noise in the system and people respond to phishing attempts without thinking. He says cybercriminals also often target people who work from home. Plus, a central Illinois author answers the question What's in a NICK-name. A college mascot nickname.