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WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, March 21. Charlie Schlenker interviews a former National Guard Colonel who spent nine months in Ukraine in 2020 and 2021. Plus, legal and financial troubles are mounting for Pekin-based Reditus Laboratories CEO Aaron Rossi.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, April 29, 2022. Eric Stock reports on a need of improvement despite McLean County ranking among the healthiest counties in the state. Plus, Ariel Jones talks to Chicago singer-songwriter Mara Love, who will be performing at the Midwest Madness Festival at Nightshop.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, May 2. Ameren customers in Central and Southern Illinois should prepare for sticker shock on their electric bills come June. Plus, Bloomington-Normal hospitals are no longer overrun with coronavirus patients, but new cases have been rising for five weeks in a row.

On today's episode, Bloomington photographer Rashod Taylor documents the anxiety, joy, and contradictions of raising a son in his series "Little Black Boy," now on view at Heartland Community College. Plus, Jon Norton catches up with Chicago Farmer. And one of Illinois State University's longest running community programs is celebrating 20 years of cultivating a love of music in children.

On today's episode, ISU students who lost a friend to a fatal pedestrian accident on campus fight for safety improvements. Plus, a look at the Racism Free Schools movement. And an interview with Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason.

On today's episode, Edith Brady-Lunny continues her conversation with two prosecutors who worked the Rica Rountree abuse and murder case, about what we can learn from her death. And Jon Norton talks about Leah Marlene's amazing run on "American Idol."

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, April 28. Jon Norton takes a look back at conversations with Normal West graduate and American Idol top 10 contestant Leah Marlene. Plus, the latest on an effort to get court records unsealed in the Aaron Rossi case.

Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff searches out the real definition of farming's biggest buzzword of the last few years: regenerative agriculture. Where did the term come from, and what does it really mean?

On today's episode, we'll unpack Rivian's recent testimony to Congress on how to build out the EV battery supply chain. Plus, a new episode of our food and farming series Food Trek. And Ariele Jones previews this week's Midwest Madness Music Festival.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, May 3rd. College commencement speakers who are trying to find messages of optimism to share with students who've spent more than half their college time in the midst of a pandemic. Plus, the Connect Transit abandonment of a proposal to renovate the old Pantagraph Newspaper building into a transfer center raises the question what will happen to that building now.