WGLT Newscasts - 10:05am 6-12-2025

Published Jun 12, 2025, 3:07 PM

This newscast aired at 10:05am on 6-12-2025 on WGLT.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady says a proposed $250 licensing fee for massage businesses is too high, though he's not saying yet how much lower he thinks it should be. Brady says Bloomington also needs to look at other cities as it considers regulation to prevent sex trafficking.

There has been movement in Peoria, Springfield. When I say movement, I mean ordinances.

Similar what Bloomington's trying to do, and I think there is a need for it.

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city council this week put off action on the proposal for more consideration. Brady says revision should avoid unintended consequences to the many legitimate massage therapy businesses in the city.

The Trump administration's move away from running fiber for its rural broadband program could financially impact McLean County. Assistant county administrator Anthony Grant says fiber installation would be a $30 million investment to help serve county broadband needs. He says, for example, local labor would install the fiber, which would be used for up to 50 years. That's an investment that is being made.

Here if you go over to a satellite, we're missing all of that development. Grant says the county recently got word the federal government wants to take a technology neutral approach to broadband, and apparent nod to satellite technology. A retired priest from Bloomington says declining attendance could be helped by using language that's relevant and accessible to you. Father Hennessy.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church for a decade, he retired in 2013. It's not the people my age who are not coming, but the next generation is coming less and the next generation is coming even less. Hennessy says the sexual abuse crisis within the papacy hurt the church tremendously, and it will take time to rebuild trust. The McLean County Museum of History will celebrate Hennessy's service next week.

And a graduate of Heartland Community College has received the Community College Distinguished Alumni Award for giving back to Heartland and the Bloomington Normal Community. Sim Sandu is the recipient of the statewide award that's given by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Sanhu's contributions include scholarship programs for minority students pursuing careers in agriculture. I'm John Norton, WGLT News.

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