This newscast aired at 4:33pm on 6-11-2025 on WGLT.
From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. The federal government has canceled a digital literacy effort that would have supported rural libraries in McLean County. Christie Lau is director of the Carlock Library District. She says the grant would have provided hotspot devices to help patrons connect to the internet anywhere, often a challenge in rural areas. The cell service for some of those in the rural areas, it's
It's still not as good as it could be, so we don't know how great they would be, so we haven't invested in them. An administrator with McLean County government says it appears the Trump administration canceled the digital equity grant because it had equity in the name.
Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady says the 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 further afield 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. The city council this week put off action on the proposal for more consideration. Brady says revisions should avoid unintended consequences to the many legitimate massage therapy businesses in the city.
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 Sanhu is recipient of the statewide award given by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Sohu's contributions include scholarship programs for minority students pursuing careers in agriculture. Sanhu graduated from Heartland in 2014 and then earned a degree in economics from Illinois State University, and children living with epilepsy are making memories this week.
Go a summer camp on Lake Bloomington, Carrie Jones is executive director of the Epilepsy Advocacy Network, which hosts Cam Possible at Timber Point Outdoor Center in Hudson.
To be able to be with others who understand that journey that they've been on, that alone is huge to kind of get that validation that they're not alone in this.
People with epilepsy can have sudden seizures. Camp Possible provides accessible camp activities like horseback riding, zip lining, and boating. I'm Ben Howell.