A single mom lives to raise her child. A man gets to live pain free and play with his grandchildren. Organ donors in Bloomington-Normal made it possible.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, April 19, 2021. You'll get an update on COVID-19 in McLean County, plus a story of organ donation in Bloomington-Normal.

Kelly Stogner of Normal saw a social media post from someone asking for a kidney, and saw herself in April Post: a single mom, about her age, with a young kid, turned out it was a match. Hear that and other organ donor stories. Plus, restaurant owners say the price for a dinner out might go up because of a worker shortage. There is no beer in outer space, but the Challenger Learning Center in Normal has a beer-related science puzzle game on a virtual space station. Finally, oral histories of

On this week's episode of WGLT's Grow, you'll learn about a weed that can be dangerous or delightful, depending on how you handle it.

Like many bands, the Bloomington-based quintet Old Smoke used downtime during the pandemic to write and record a new album.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, April 16, 2021. You'll hear from Bloomington's new fire chief, and get an update on the Bloomington-Normal restaurant scene.

After the atrocities against people of color in 2020, Chicago-based experimental sound artist Allen Moore wanted to find a way to mark the moment.

Automakers can't sell directly to customers in Illinois because of decades-old rules to protect mom and pop auto dealers from the Big Three in Detroit, but auto dealers aren't so mom and pop any more and the old economics might not apply in the case of Rivian. Plus, the Bloomington based quintet Old Smoke offers new music. Finally, a lover of history and economics has left a legacy to the Bloomington Library that helps people discover the military past of their ancestors.

The unemployment rate for the McLean County area labor market may have been 5.1% last month, but it’s a lot lower in certain job sectors. Restaurants, for instance, have had difficulty finding enough people to staff operations.

After her passing in 2015, Irene Mischler left a trust in memory of her brother Charles Mischler to be used for economics and history materials. The Bloomington Public Library has used the proceeds to buy access to a tool that’s helping to keep veterans’ history alive. Fold3 by Ancestry provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. “Fold3 is just such an amazing product because a lot of these military