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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. You'll hear about the developer exiting the Trail East project in Uptown Normal. Plus, a story about a mom on a mission.

On today’s episode, you’ll hear analysis of Rivian’s latest SEC a filing for its initial public offering. Eric Stock checks in with the director of the Miller Park Zoo. Plus, an interview with state Sen. Jason Barickman.

A top advisor to then president Barack Obama is in Bloomington Normal. David Axelrod says President Biden faces a challenge on immigration and thinks in spite of Pandemic fatigue among voters, Governor JB Pritzker will do okay in the next election cycle. Other Democrats? Well, that's tougher. The singer songwriter group Stone and Snow can't always write about things in the moment. It takes a while for Karen Bridges and Clint Thomson to work through things. Their album is 'We Were Made For These Times.' And the President of the University of Illinois system celebrates a partnership with Illinois State University and the chance to work on the state goal of becoming a hub for EV technology.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. You'll hear about a new "idea" center at Illinois Wesleyan University. Plus, an interview with the leaders at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about minority student enrollment.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. You'll hear what former Obama advisor David Axelrod thinks of the race of Illinois governor. Plus, a preview of this weekend's Bed Blitz program with the West Bloomington Revitalization Project.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. You'll hear about a group of advocates working to dismantle systems in Illinois they say create barriers to re-entry after prison. Plus, a preview of the 2022 Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

On today's episode, a cancer doctor in Normal shares some encouraging news about radiation therapy in a new installment of Sound Health. Plus, an aspiring rapper from Bloomington-Normal shares his story after his release from prison. And a preview of the 2022 season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. You'll hear about the Normal Town Council meeting in which the Jelani Day portrait was discussed. Plus, an interview with a 4-H Hall of Famer.

Wish fulfillment can be a very rewarding thing. Hear from a Bloomington Normal man who makes dreams come true. And there's a move to reconsider statewide economic development incentives used to bring Rivian to Normal and other businesses to Illinois, the EDGE tax credits. The University of Illinois saw enrollment growth this fall in most categories, but not minorities. U of I Urbana Chancellor Robert Jones says it wasn't like they didn't try. They offered admission to a historic high number of minority students. And it's pumpkin time in central Illinois.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. You'll hear the latest on potential legal claims against the City of Bloomington over recent flooding. Plus, WGLT takes a Rivian pickup truck out for a spin.