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Judges in North Carolina said Tuesday that there isn't enough time to approve a new map before a new session of Congress — despite finding the map to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

PG&E says the decision to unplug some customers' power "was based on forecasts of dry, windy weather including potential fire risk." California is at the peak of its wildfire season.

Tri-County health officials on Tuesday reported just 82 new COVID-19 cases from the previous day, while hospitalizations and active cases in the region...

A dust storm, also known as a haboob, forms when strong, straight-line winds meet soil residue sitting among crops, collecting the dust there, rising it from the ground and bringing it together to form a wall-like cloud.

The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked yesterday on its consideration of whether President Obama has authority to shield millions of undocumented immigrants…

COVID-19 Treatment methods have changed at Bloomington Normal hospitals but it's still by guess and by golly some of the time. Hear a report on changing…

Seven fatalities in Woodford County account for half of the deadliest single day in the Tri-County area since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, June 22. Former Vice President Former Vice President Mike Pence was the keynote speaker at the Peoria and Tazewell County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner at the Peoria Civic Center Monday. Plus, a look at the response of lawmakers to consumer angst about rising electricity rates in Central Illinois.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, June 2. WGLT correspondent Tim Alexander checks in with Peoria County Farm Bureau manager Patrick Kirchhofer. Plus, organizers of two Bloomington-Normal music events that had hoped to host American Idol finalist Leah Marlene this summer are changing their plans.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. You'll hear about an archeological dig in Woodford County (just northwest of Bloomington-Normal) that may change history's understanding of the Native American culture which thrived here a millennium ago. Plus, an interview with state Sen. Jason Barickman from Bloomington.