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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. You'll hear about the latest trends on COVID in McLean County. Plus, a look at staffing challenges in the Unit 5 school district.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday OK’d spending $7.2 million on road work set to begin this summer. Also at Monday night’s virtual meeting, finance…

McLean County health officials are reporting seven new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases. That marks the first time since mid-October the daily case…

For 38 years, the Bloomington-Normal Trades and Labor Assembly and the McLean County Chamber of Commerce have sponsored the “Christmas for Kids” party for…

McLean County wanted to pay for Narcan. Now they plan to get it for free, leaving more funds available for other opioid prevention measures.

On one night each year — and typically during the coldest time of year — counties nationwide send volunteers out to count the unhoused. In Central Illinois, for the first time, all 11 counties in a regional network are expected to participate.

McLean County has seen what coroner Kathy Yoder calls a "startling" trend in suicides.

Artist Herb Eaton's 10-foot corn statue "Star-Crossed Pollinators" now stands on the southwest lawn of the McLean County Museum of History, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Corn on the Curb.

The Normal Town Council on Monday approved several infrastructure-related items and heard about labor concerns for the Tailgate and Tallboys event.

Lucinda McCray is a former professor at Illinois State University and author of multiple books, including "Life and Death: Health, Illness and Medicine in McLean County 1830-1995."