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The Olympia School District wants McLean County to correct an error that could cost the district $1.5 million in tax revenue this year.

With support from the Illinois Arts Council, the McLean County Juvenile Detention Center has added two murals to areas frequented by youths held in pretrial detention. Staff say adding color to the walls is a small thing, but can make a big difference in the lives of youth staying in the facility.

On today's episode, new McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane outlines his priorities and one of McLean County's new state representatives, Republican Bill Hauter explains how he sees his role with the Illinois legislature's superminority.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. You'll hear about McLean County's new community health needs assessment. Plus, an assessing the hot housing market with McLean County's new supervisor of assessments.

State Sen. Jason Barickman said Friday that Illinois’ ballot access laws are unfair to new political parties and independent candidates and should be…

The CDC released new guidance Tuesday calling for fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in public indoor settings if they live in areas with significant or high spread. That includes McLean County.

A Republican McLean County Board member is calling shenanigans on his own party about redistricting. Josh Barnett says a plan he believes was long in the works to cut the number of districts is supposed to suppress rising Democratic representation on the board. State Democratic and Republican Senate leaders don't have a whole lot of specifics to suggest how to get out of the big budget deficit. Hear about cuts and the possibility of a sales tax on services. And if you're getting married, you should book a hall fast as pandemic restrictions ease. There's a lot of pent-up demand.

McLean County has added an average of 80 daily coronavirus cases in the last week. That’s the county’s highest rate of new infections since mid-January when access to COVID vaccines were greatly limited.

A dedicated permanent hazardous household waste collection facility in McLean County would encourage more people to properly dispose of dangerous materials. That’s one of the key takeaways from a feasibility study presented this week to a county board committee.

McLean County added nearly 5,000 people to the poverty rolls in one year. That's one of the reasons McLean is on Heartland Alliance's poverty watch list.…