WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, December 20, 2024. You'll hear about Lifelong Access' plans to rehab the former Pantagraph building downtown into a youth health hub. Plus, how a Normal-based nonprofit helps seniors fight loneliness.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, December 19, 2024. You'll hear about the effort to get a sales tax referendum for school funding on the April 1 ballot. Plus, an update on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library's local program.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, December 18, 2024. You'll hear about a string of burglaries targeted Asian business owners, including in Bloomington. Plus, a look at the ripple effects of a McLean County decision about rural transportation services.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, December 17, 2024. You'll hear about a housing relief program being revived in Bloomington. Plus, a visit to Bloomington-Normal's first revolving sushi restaurant that recently opened.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, December 16, 2024. You'll hear about an effort to encourage local labor use in McLean County. Plus, an interview with Bloomington's mayor about holding the line on property taxes ... and what that means for the city's budget and staff size.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. You'll hear about a Bloomington police review board struggling with recruit youth members, and it's plan to address it. Plus, an exclusive interview with Santa Claus himself.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. You'll hear about nonprofits' concerns about a U.S. House bill aimed at counterterrorism. Plus, you'll meet two ISU grads who designed one of the 10 finalists for a new State of Illinois flag.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. You'll hear about cold and flu season in McLean County. Plus, what it's like to police McLean County's smaller communities.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. You'll hear about how McLean County is trying to meet the needs of emergent adults on probation. Plus, a Central Illinois librarian recaps the best children's books of 2024.

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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. You'll hear about how a grant is helping the Midwest Food Bank meet a growing demand. Plus, you'll hear a preview of Miller Park Zoo's Wild Lights holiday event, which continues Friday and Saturday this week.

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