A program that was supposed to expand digital literacy in McLean County has fallen victim to the Trump administrations budget ax. It's possible one word killed the project.

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On today's episode, McLean County misses out on funding for digital literary perhaps over one word, a retired priest is honored for his service in the place where he grew up, plus a summer camp in McLean County gives children with epilepsy a sense of community.

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Children with epilepsy had the opportunity to attend summer camp this week at Lake Bloomington in Hudson, IL.

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Hennessy will be honored June 18 for his service to McLean County; he was the pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church for a decade until his retirement in 2013.

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On today's episode, a new study shows Black drivers at ISU and other universities in the state are more likely to get pulled over than whites, our latest McLean County History Maker was a banker who helped others realize their dreams, plus Bloomington becomes a stop on a 4-thousand mile journey to help people battling cancer.

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Retired banker Rob Fazzini has lived and worked in Amsterdam, Greece and Taipei, but said McLean County is the best place on Earth. He'll be honored as a McLean County History Makers June 18 at Illinois State University.

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Black drivers have a higher likelihood of being pulled over for a traffic stop by police of public Illinois universities and of leaving with a ticket than their white peers, including at Illinois State University, according to an analysis from WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Bloomington’s Salvation Army was visited Monday by a group of University of Texas students and alumni traveling across the country for a worthy cause.

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