1 00:00:00,579 --> 00:00:05,010 Speaker 1: From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Courtney Conroy. An agency providing 2 00:00:05,010 --> 00:00:08,180 Speaker 1: legal support to immigrants in Central and Southern Illinois is 3 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:11,539 Speaker 1: grappling with the severe reduction of a sixty-year program from 4 00:00:11,539 --> 00:00:15,779 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice. The recognition and accreditation program allows 5 00:00:15,779 --> 00:00:18,739 Speaker 1: anyone to become a DOJ rep, providing legal advice to immigrant. 6 00:00:19,450 --> 00:00:22,719 Speaker 1: The immigration Project's legal director Daniel De Winter says it 7 00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:24,809 Speaker 1: will be harder for immigrants to get the legal help 8 00:00:24,809 --> 00:00:26,770 Speaker 1: they need. It caused quite a bit of panic in 9 00:00:26,770 --> 00:00:30,690 Speaker 1: my office, and I'm not sure how many clients know 10 00:00:30,690 --> 00:00:33,568 Speaker 1: the difference between a DOJ rep and a legal aid, 11 00:00:33,659 --> 00:00:36,970 Speaker 1: like on the face until they're engaged with us and 12 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:42,269 Speaker 1: understand the process. The immigration Project has 30 DOJ reps. 13 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:46,180 Speaker 1: The Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council has named an interim 14 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:49,739 Speaker 1: chief executive officer. Tyler Cravens will hold the position while 15 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,540 Speaker 1: the council does a national search for someone to succeed 16 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:56,139 Speaker 1: Patrick Hoben. Cravens has served as chief operating officer of 17 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: the McLean County Chamber of Commerce for the last 3 years. 18 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:02,479 Speaker 1: Cravens will continue in a limited capacity with the chamber 19 00:01:02,619 --> 00:01:03,979 Speaker 1: through a temporary arrangement. 20 00:01:04,550 --> 00:01:07,750 Speaker 1: Eastview Christian Church plans to donate its community center south 21 00:01:07,750 --> 00:01:11,110 Speaker 1: of downtown Bloomington to Home Sweet Home Ministries this summer. 22 00:01:11,449 --> 00:01:13,889 Speaker 1: The center is across the street from Home Sweet Home 23 00:01:13,889 --> 00:01:17,790 Speaker 1: Shelter Village. Eastview's lead pastor, Brandon Grant, says it makes 24 00:01:17,790 --> 00:01:19,809 Speaker 1: sense for Home Sweet Home to take over the building 25 00:01:19,989 --> 00:01:21,389 Speaker 1: to help it expand its work for. 26 00:01:21,485 --> 00:01:22,244 Speaker 1: In the unhoused, 27 00:01:22,404 --> 00:01:22,524 Speaker 2: I 28 00:01:22,525 --> 00:01:25,643 Speaker 2: think it's best that we would partner with Home Sweet 29 00:01:25,644 --> 00:01:27,764 Speaker 2: Home in a significant way. They do a great job 30 00:01:27,764 --> 00:01:31,964 Speaker 2: of really walking alongside of and moving towards rehabilitation of 31 00:01:31,964 --> 00:01:33,503 Speaker 2: those that are in unhoused situations. 32 00:01:33,644 --> 00:01:37,205 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Homes CEO says the nonprofit is considering multiple 33 00:01:37,205 --> 00:01:38,544 Speaker 1: ideas to use the property. 34 00:01:39,169 --> 00:01:42,260 Speaker 1: And a new documentary set to release next week takes 35 00:01:42,260 --> 00:01:45,220 Speaker 1: a look at newly unveiled information in the unsolved murder 36 00:01:45,220 --> 00:01:48,819 Speaker 1: of Jennifer Lock Miller. The Illinois State University student was 37 00:01:48,819 --> 00:01:52,050 Speaker 1: murdered in 1993, a case that led to the wrongful 38 00:01:52,050 --> 00:01:55,959 Speaker 1: conviction of her ex-boyfriend Alan Beaman. Beaman was sentenced to 39 00:01:55,959 --> 00:01:58,860 Speaker 1: 50 years in prison and served it until his conviction 40 00:01:58,860 --> 00:02:03,339 Speaker 1: was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2008. WGNTV 41 00:02:03,339 --> 00:02:06,220 Speaker 1: will release the half-hour true crime special on their app 42 00:02:06,220 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 1: for free and later posted to YouTube. I'm.