Charlie Schlenker
WGLT News DirectorWGLT News Director Charlie Schlenker grew up in Rock Island, Illinois and graduated from Augustana College. He has spent more than three decades in radio and has won numerous state and national awards for journalism. He lives in Normal with his family.
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U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen says the Trump administration’s sudden pause of federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs will result in widespread adverse outcomes. -
A fiery early morning crash on Interstate 74 near Brimfield has killed two people and injured three others, as they drove to Iowa for Christmas. -
The American Farm Bureau Federation has kicked the Illinois Farm Bureau out of the federation in a dispute over member dues. -
A 28-year-old woman from Lacon, IL died in a crash Saturday evening in Woodford County. -
The single-vehicle accident happened about 1 a.m. Sunday. Deputies said the man was ejected from the vehicle when it left the southbound lane in the 16000 block of Krause Road. -
A second Democratic candidate says she's running for state representative in the new 91st District. -
The Republican primary in the new and vacant 105th Illinois House district is getting crowded. -
A federal judge has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 14 years in prison for dealing methamphetamine in central Illinois. -
A central Illinois man has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing banks and stores across a five-county region in April 2021, including in Peoria, Livingston, Ford, Vermillion, and Sangamon counties.
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With about six months left before the June 28th primary election, state lawmakers are firming up plans to run for office in newly drawn districts. Or in one case, not run.
