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Commentator Peter Loge has some fun with President Bush's suggestion that the South Lawn of the White House be used as a t-ball field.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, June 28. Once again there are mixed reactions to a recent Supreme Court ruling, this time to one accommodating a public school's coach decision to pray on the football field. And Donald Trump was just the second Republican presidential candidate in the last 50 years to lose McLean County, but the ex-president still has sway over some G-O-P candidates seeking office in McLean County.

On today's episode, you'll hear from a consumer advocate about the release of new auto premium data and what it means for a broader discussion about regulating the insurance industry in Illinois. A McLean County stargazer reacts to stunning first images from the Webb Space Telescope. Plus, a report from a Field Day at the ISU Farm, focused on the watershed at twin lakes north of Bloomington-Normal.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks...Rated PG for Playground, Doughloft, Fin Mail

Country Financial is partnering with the Heartland Community College Foundation to help underrepresented high school students jump start their college…

The Bloomington City Council opted Monday to delay a vote on creating a public arts commission, with members saying they first must resolve questions…

Renewed talk of a multisport complex in Bloomington-Normal has offered hope to organizers of various sports that they would be able to play year-round and…

Many unions have had trouble getting and keeping members. The Laborers union in central Illinois is not one of them with a record high membership of 500,000 people. There is a shortage of young women in technical fields that State Farm wants to help fill. If Samsung locates its electric vehicle battery plant in Normal it will need water to make precursors to make lithium oxides and as the solvent to make graphite electrodes. Hear what else goes into that industrial process. And an ISU graduate fulfils a family legacy disrupted by 1920s racial discrimination.

Scott talks to Peppy Fields, a live radio-show host in South Florida. After 36 years on the air, the last "Peppy Fields House Party" airs Sunday night (midnight) on WFAT-am. The Miami Beach station is changing formats and is forced to cancel her show.

Thousands of Corvettes will fill the Illinois State University campus this weekend as Bloomington Gold returns to its hometown for its 50th anniversary.