Leah Marlene

Normal West Community High School showed its support for Leah Marlene on Sunday as she advanced to the top three of "American Idol." A hometown concert is set for Tuesday in Normal.

Three additional public information meetings are planned for May, to address Unit 5’s multimillion-dollar deficit.

Jon Norton and Sarah Nardi revisit past conversations with Normal native Leah Marlene, who is now in the Final 10 to be the next "American Idol."

Normal West grad Leah Marlene's busy week included winning a Golden Ticket to appear on "American Idol," and her first new album in two years.

Singer-songwriter Leah Marlene's first full-length album is quite a curveball for those that came to her through her 2018 up-tempo, hook-laden debut EP…