This newscast aired at 8:04am on 5-30-2025 on WGLT.
From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. A Bloomington therapist says the supply of mental health professionals is not meeting demand. Kerry Company is a licensed counselor with good company counseling and coaching. It looks like only 24% of the people who are seeking mental health services in 20.
23 in the state of Illinois with the number of therapists are able to get help. Company says those who can't find help can join a waitlist with a mental health provider. She says both those in and out of therapy should practice self-care to improve mental health, and that family and friends of those who can't find help can do their part by talking with them.
The McLean County Museum of History yesterday marked the 169th anniversary of an Abraham Lincoln speech in downtown Bloomington by dedicating a new mural near the site of the speech that would be lost to history. The unveiling included music from the 33rd Illinois Regimental Civic War Band, along with several speakers including.
And Abraham Lincoln impersonator. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here. We are remembering an occasion and a speech where that is literally the case. Historians say the speech was likely an intense condemnation of slavery. The mural now covers the east side of Rosie's pub.
The beach at Calara Park north of Bloomington Normal is expected to remain closed until early next week. McLean County Parks director Mike Steffa says testing shows the water at Glasner Beach has high levels of E. coli bacteria likely caused by Canada geese droppings. Steffa says park staff has tried to keep the geese away with bottle rockets and owl and coyote decoys, but none of them work for very long.
And there's no impact yet on the Central Illinois Regional Airport from cost increases driven by the US trade wars, but airport director Carl Olsen
says we're seeing early indications with tariffs on our prices for components for operating the airport. We're just starting to see the first itches of we need to be cognizant of this.
Olson says the airport in Bloomington is trying to manage looming price increases through strict cost controls. I'm John Norton, WGLT News.