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On today's episode, Emmy-winning journalist Jemele Hill visits Illinois State University. We ask her about President Biden's Supreme Court nomination and the NFL hiring lawsuit. Plus, an interview with Normal City Manager Pam Reece. And Ariele Jones has a preview of two new art exhibitions at Illinois Wesleyan University.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, February 24. Illinois Wesleyan University president Georgia Nugent says she's taking a more cautious approach regarding when the school will lift mask mandates. Plus, Bloomington Police provide a small update into their search for a seven-month old baby who's been missing for weeks.

Today on Food Trek: Host Tory Dahlhoff pulls the old food truck out of the garage, air up the tires, swap out the fryer grease, fire up the grill, and hits the road with Chef Ryan Smith to cook and chat with the owners of Sous Chef, a small grocery in downtown Peoria where they have written their own recipe for connecting local farmers to the community.

On today's episode, you'll hear the latest on Monday's standoff on Veterans Parkway. Plus, Eric Stock talks to the former ISU Board of Trustees chair who just stepped into a key role for the legislature. Sarah Nardi reports on a Coffee Hound location you never knew about. And a preview of a Black Leadership Symposium happening Wednesday night at Kingsley Junior High School in Normal.

On today's episode, it's a special roundtable discussion follow-up to WGLT's award-winning series Living Black in Bloomington-Normal. Participants are Chris Belt, Candice Byrd, Djimon Lewis and Christie Vellella. Moderated by Sarah Nardi.

On today's episode, you'll hear an interview with Dr. Zine Magubane, professor of sociology at Boston College, who's delivering a lecture at ISU titled “The Uses and Abuses of Jim Crow: Contemporary Race Theory and the Problem of History." Plus, rockers DeFrance return to Bloomington a show at The Stable. And a new episode of Food Trek cooks up something delicious.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, March 1. You'll hear from EMMY award-winning journalist Jemele Hill, who was the keynote speaker at ISU's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural dinner on Friday. Plus, Normal's city manager tells Charlie Schlenker she's receptive to local realtor's association calling on local governments to incentivize homeownership.

WGLT’s The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday April 7. The YWCA McLean County is helping formerly incarcerated women readjust to the community. Plus, WBEZ’s Dave McKinney takes a look inside the hedge fund empire of Ken Griffin.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, April 1. Charlie Schlenker talks to a the deputy executive director of the Illinois Higher Education Board about the options Lincoln College students have in the wake of its pending closure. Sarah Nardi speaks with three students who describe how it's affected them. Plus, a look at a new contract for McLean County sheriff's deputies and good news on the Bloomington-Normal jobs data front.

Megan Carter decided to homeschool her four kids during the pandemic. Now she wonders, what comes next?