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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, May 23, 2023. You'll hear about the results of a survey of internet service in rural McLean County. Plus, how the post-pandemic era may be an opportunity for community health workers in Illinois.

On today's episode, Maternity case deserts are on the rise in central Illinois as more rural hospitals and maternity wards close, retired ISU professors Hank and Mary Campbell are profiled as McLean County History Makers, plus the first of a series of the city of Bloomington's Black History Essay Contest winners.

Here we go again: McLean County and the rest of Illinois will be at an enhanced risk of severe storms Monday. Very large hail, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, and tornadoes are all possible, according to the National Weather Service.

More people were born than died in the Bloomington-Normal area over the past year—bucking a national trend toward population decline that’s been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City Manager of Normal tries to ease council nerves that the $24 million underpass project will cost more. And the present furor over critical race theory aside, it's not a new thing for politics to shape the material taught in social studies classes. Liberation Colorized is an online journal launched to give students a voice during a particularly turbulent time in Bloomington Normal politics. These young people are not just listening to adults, they're telling. And a famed McLean County dairy family gets a memorial in a new book.

Advocates say McLean County's homeless response system is inefficient and ineffective. They're trying to build a better one, but it's not happening fast enough.

Pet owners in McLean County who need a veterinarian in an emergency might soon have to take their furry friend to Urbana after hours. The Animal Emergency…

McLean County saw a big increase in eviction filings in October after the state lifted its COVID-related moratorium on evictions.

The first Blo-No Home Show features over 60 vendors and exhibitors from an array of topics and products in the home, design and lifestyle industries. Proceeds from the event benefit Habit for Humanity, which hopes to build four new homes in McLean County this year.

Of the more than $41 billion in infrastructure repairs announced by the Illinois Department of Transportation, the district that includes McLean County will receive around $756 million in upgrades to highways and bridges.