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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, June 30, 2021. You'll hear about changes coming to McLean County's largest COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites. Plus, an update on bulk waste pickup in Bloomington.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Bloomington based Hip-Hop artist Darius Williams says his new album was self-therapy during a difficult time. Listen to the new album Left Alone. Plus, a Peoria-based sexual health organization expands to Bloomington Normal. Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says he doesn't want to second guess pulling out of the Metro Zone agreement on west side revenue sharing with Normal just as Rivian was taking off. Republicans don't much like the way Democrats handled legislative redistricting this year, but Illinois is far from an outlier among other states doing the same thing.

The McLean County Jail has revived a program that allows incarcerated people to connect with their children through reading.

Teens in Bloomington Normal have a fairly low vaccination rate. And there are reasons for that: a need for parental consent, transportation gaps, scheduling around a summer job or a parent's job, and so on. A Bloomington nonprofit hopes to chip away at low vaccination rates among young people. Plus, Pridefest in Bloomington-Normal this weekend continues a long tradition. Hear why it takes on a special significant this year. ISU students have mixed opinions about a potential vaccine mandate to be on campus in the fall term. Finally, some in law enforcement wonder if perceptions about police have turned people away from a career behind the badge.

The window of time for Illinois State University to mandate vaccines is rapidly closing.

A new pilot program with ISU students helping people expunge their criminal records surprisingly doesn't deal with a lot of cannabis cases. Tom McClure tells you about giving people a second chance. Plus, State Senator Jason Barickman unpacks why a massive energy policy proposal is such a tough thing to pass in Springfield. Backyard chickens can help your urban garden...yet they're not that popular with the neighbors. Hear more on WGLT's Grow. And the Coalescence Theatre Project hopes to use one particular queer story to give voice to underrepresented groups within the community.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, June 28, 2021. You'll hear U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis' reaction to the latest movement on the federal infrastructure bill.