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Fewer than 1,000 people in McLean County are isolating at home with COVID-19. The county has its lowest total of active coronavirus cases since early December before the omicron variant peaked.

Eddie Perkins was previously a roving minister at McLean County Jail and ministers to the congregation of Bridge of Hope Church in Normal.

UPDATED 3:25 p.m. | McLean County health officials reported Tuesday the county’s first COVID-19 death since May, while the county’s active coronavirus…

One in five registered voters in McLean County has already cast their ballot, and a local election official says it’s possible overall turnout will top…

Sirens sounded in parts of McLean County on Wednesday afternoon as another spring storm system crashed through the area. At least one person was reported injured.

McLean County has added 67 new coronavirus patients in the past week—tying the weekly record—as public health officials reiterated their plea to wear face…

UPDATED 12:15 P.M. | McLean County’s active COVID-19 caseload continues to fall, though available bed space in Bloomington-Normal hospitals remains…

Trash hauling in McLean County is a million dollar a year business and a new disposal operator want a piece of it. Plus, the bedrock of democracy has long been thought to be the middle class and that part of society is shrinking in Illinois. The 1800s were the golden era of patent medicine, and a huckster from Bloomington played a prominent part in the national snake oil business...In this episode of our series McHistory, hear about Wakefields Blackberry Balsam. And an Illinois Wesleyan speaker dispels misconceptions about mRNA technology.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, February 1. WCBU's Tim Shelly talks with a National Weather Service meteorologist about what to know ahead of this week's snow storm and COVID cases continue to fall in McLean County. Plus, if you thought the pandemic would steer people away from the restaurant business, you might be surprised to learn that hasn't been the case locally. Charlie Schlenker speaks with Larry Carius about how twice the number of new restaurants opened as existing ones closed.

Rural EMS agencies are closing. Ambulance response times are lengthening. One EMS coordinator says consolidation is better than no service at all. And a new rural food coalition tries to expand markets and selling seasons. Some McLean County residents who waited months to get the vaccine are changing their minds and accepting the jab. Vaccinations on the rise. Plus, Congressman Rodney Davis says we've had soldiers in South Korea and Germany for decades, why not Afghanistan?