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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. You'll hear about the latest in the Jelani Day investigation. Plus, an interview with Unit 5's superintendent about COVID-19 vaccinations for children.

Brett Conlin’s new full-band Americana-rock album is a nostalgic and sometimes wistful look at his youthful days growing up in Kewanee.

The pandemic has exposed flaws in global supply chains for everything from toilet paper to car parts. An ISU expert on large scale economies tells you those flaws were always there. And fixing them is hard. Another small town central Illinois newspaper closes, but a new outlet will test the market for news in Ford County. Bloomington City Council action to skirt a ban on new video gambling licenses can be considered unfair. City Manager Tim Gleason says the council has to weigh the greater good of community development. And themes are emerging on what buckets the town of Normal will use to spend federal pandemic relief aid.

The governor comes to Bloomington-Normal to celebrate the start of an E-V training program at Heartland Community College.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. You'll hear about the latest trends in COVID-19 cases in McLean County. Plus, an interview with Bloomington's new police chief.

On today's episode, you'll hear from new Bloomington Police Chief Jamal Simington. Plus, a new episode of McHistory looks at Bloomington-Normal's historic stance against prejudice. And Sound Health tackles misconceptions about hospice.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. You'll hear about the governor's new mask mandate and vaccination requirements. Plus, why the town is building out infrastructure in west Normal.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. You'll hear about Rivian's plans to go public, possibly by the end of 2021. Plus, an interview with the IDOT chief about electric and autonomous cars.

There's a campaign to cut the thousands of traffic collisions and hundreds of injuries that happen in Bloomington Normal each year. A strength and conditioning graduate student at ISU hopes to go to a place few women do, the NFL. Saxophonist Lisella Martin never thought she'd play music professionally until one day at church the guitarist tapped her on the shoulder and asked her if she ever thought about it. Martin says she thought she wasn't good enough. Martin was wrong. Hear her before the Front Street Music Festival. Plus a play premiering at Illinois State University looks at how artificial intelligence disrupts the arts. Director Carol Kelleher tells you about "The Hologram in the Mirror."