Search results for

On today's episode, you'll hear from a former FBI profiler who talks about the profession ahead of a visit to Illinois State University. Plus, an interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas about life undocumented and how we talk about immigration and race. And a preview of "A Shayna Maidel" at Heartland Theatre Company.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, April 8. The Bloomington-Normal NAACP reacts to the history-making nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus, more filings against Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi and an interview with the Illinois Soybean Association, which is headquartered in Bloomington.

On today's episode, Charlie Schlenker hosts a roundtable discussion with women from the YWCA McLean County's Labyrinth program, discussing the challenges facing formerly incarcerated people in our community.

On today's episode, you'll hear the latest on the Bloomington Public Library expansion project as it moves into production. Plus, an interview with the new executive director of the Multicultural Leadership Institute. And Jon Norton previews a blues show Friday night in Bloomington.

On today's episode, you'll hear from a University High School students who is collecting materials for a time capsule that will capture this pandemic era. Also, a look at the dynamics of the Bloomington-Normal housing market. And an update on how immigrants are recovering from the pandemic, with help from the Immigration Project's Welcoming Center.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, February 18. Lawyers for the Town of Normal are claiming an exoneree's civil suit against three former Normal Police detectives is taking advantage of an "anti police wave" across the country and State Farm is facing another discrimination lawsuit from a former employee. Plus, Gov. JB Pritzker insisted Wednesday that Illinois schools are still under a mask mandate.

Housing and food insecurity issues are already a struggle for immigrants, and the COVID-19 pandemic financially devastated many by limiting their work opportunities.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, February 21. You'll hear what both the Normal and City of Bloomington councils are planning for their meetings tonight. Plus, WGLT's Ariele Jones speaks with Tahira Clayton, a co-leader of the Women in Jazz Organization who will be playing Billie Holliday in Bessie, Billie, & Nina - Pioneering Women in Jazz," which will be coming to the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday night.

On today's episode, you'll hear from an NPR reporter in Atlanta who's been covering Rivian's expansion in Georgia. Plus, Bloomington's mayor weighs in on the police department's push for license-plate reading cameras. And the Normal Public Library sheds light on the first U.S. town established by a Black person.

On today's episode, Lyndsay Jones talks with an executive from Flock Safety and license plate reading cameras like the ones that Bloomington Police want to buy. Plus, new episodes of the series McHistory and Datebook.