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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, December 2nd, 2021. On today's episode, a lawyer for former I-S-U football coach Kurt Bethard says the university violated his client's First Amendment rights. Plus, we talk with Carli Lapin, the Director of Clinical Outreach for The Place For Children With Autism.

A Bloomington Normal woman who fought her way out of the hole of addiction is extending helping hands to others like her. Hear about an art exhibit that evokes a sense of place in central Illinois showing at Heartland Community College. Businesses have had a lot of projects delayed because of supply chain issues and inflationary cost increases, cities too, The O'Neil park project is one casualty. City Manager Tim Gleason has more. And a recent ISU graduate is campaigning for better fire protection in rental housing.

On today's episode, you'll learn what it's like to be a 911 dispatcher in Bloomington. Their team just earned international recognition. Plus, an interview with Bloomington City Council member Donna Boelen about funding library expansion. And Lyndsay Jones interviews longtime activist Bruce Lang for World AIDS Day.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. You'll hear about the latest on pedestrian safety after an Illinois State University student was killed by a vehicle. Plus, a west-side food garden turns to art to raise money.

Not for profit agencies have added autism services in recent years in Bloomington Normal. Now for profits are coming too. Hear about The Place for Children with Autism. McLean County COVID cases keep rising. The singer songwriter group Stone and Snow can't always write about things in the moment. The new album is We Were Made For These Times. And find out what the music of the Go-Gos and pre-Shakespeare poetry is like on stage together.

A Bloomington police policy change has quickly and significantly reduced the racial disparity in traffic stops. The department has shifted more officers to high-crash areas instead of places that have a high demand for service. The death of an Illinois State University student hit by a vehicle in a campus area crosswalk is prompting action. The town of Normal will do a traffic engineering study at College and Kingsley. Eureka College students find out what makes an engaged citizen. And central Illinois researchers have discovered a new less expensive way to make jet fuel out of soybeans. Patent pending.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. You'll hear about the latest in a dispute between the McLean County sheriff and County Board members over tablets in the jail. Plus, how to revamp history and social studies curricula in schools.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. You'll hear about an effort to help schools address students' mental health needs. Plus, the WGLT Psych Geeks unpack the psychology underneath "Spider-Man: No Way Home."

On today's episode, Jon Norton looks back at some of the best Bloomington-Normal music of 2021.

On today's episode, the WGLT staff revisits some of their favorite stories of 2021.