1 00:00:00,949 --> 00:00:04,939 Speaker 1: From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. An agency providing 2 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:07,909 Speaker 1: legal support to immigrants in Central and Southern Illinois is 3 00:00:07,909 --> 00:00:10,709 Speaker 1: grappling with the severe reduction of a sixty-year program from 4 00:00:10,710 --> 00:00:15,029 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice. The recognition and accreditation program allows 5 00:00:15,029 --> 00:00:18,909 Speaker 1: anyone to become a DOJ rep, providing legal advice to immigrants. 6 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:22,620 Speaker 1: The immigration Project's legal director Danielle De Winner says it 7 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:24,979 Speaker 1: will be harder for immigrants to get the legal help 8 00:00:24,979 --> 00:00:27,209 Speaker 1: they need. It caused quite a bit of panic in 9 00:00:27,209 --> 00:00:31,260 Speaker 1: my office, and I'm not sure how many clients know 10 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:34,180 Speaker 1: the difference between a DOJ rep and a legal aid, 11 00:00:34,290 --> 00:00:37,650 Speaker 1: like on the face until they're engaged with us and 12 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: understand the process. The immigration Project has 30 DOJ reps. 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: Eastview Christian Church plans to donate its community center to 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Home Ministries, expanding the nonprofit's campus near Oakland Avenue. 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,439 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Home Ministries CEO Matt Burgess says he's already 16 00:00:54,439 --> 00:00:57,770 Speaker 1: dreaming big about opportunities that may come from this donation. 17 00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: We know 18 00:00:58,319 --> 00:00:58,450 Speaker 2: that. 19 00:00:58,694 --> 00:01:02,424 Speaker 2: Supporting families experiencing homelessness is a very significant need in 20 00:01:02,424 --> 00:01:05,264 Speaker 2: our community and being able to expand that would be 21 00:01:05,264 --> 00:01:07,345 Speaker 2: high on our list of priorities to 22 00:01:07,345 --> 00:01:07,684 Speaker 2: consider. 23 00:01:07,824 --> 00:01:09,705 Speaker 1: An official plan for the building is not yet locked 24 00:01:09,705 --> 00:01:12,625 Speaker 1: in while Home Sweet Home continues to have discussions with 25 00:01:12,625 --> 00:01:13,644 Speaker 1: community partners. 26 00:01:14,559 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: The Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council has named an interim 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,239 Speaker 1: chief executive officer. Tyler Cravens will hold the position while 28 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:23,879 Speaker 1: the council does a national search for someone to succeed 29 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:27,510 Speaker 1: Patrick Hoban. Cravens has served as the chief operating officer 30 00:01:27,510 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 1: of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce for the last 31 00:01:29,839 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: 3 years. Cravens will continue in a limited capacity with 32 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 1: the chamber through a temporary arrangement. The chamber and the 33 00:01:36,199 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: EDC remain separate independent organizations. 34 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:42,419 Speaker 1: And a new documentary set to release next week takes 35 00:01:42,419 --> 00:01:45,300 Speaker 1: a look at newly unveiled information in the unsolved murder 36 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:48,699 Speaker 1: of Jennifer Locke Miller. The Illinois State University student was 37 00:01:48,699 --> 00:01:51,860 Speaker 1: murdered in 1993, a case that led to a wrongful 38 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:56,139 Speaker 1: conviction case of her ex-boyfriend, Alan Beaman. Beaman was sentenced 39 00:01:56,139 --> 00:01:58,489 Speaker 1: to 50 years in prison and served it until his 40 00:01:58,489 --> 00:02:02,220 Speaker 1: conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2008. 41 00:02:02,610 --> 00:02:05,819 Speaker 1: WGNTV will publish the half-hour true crime special on their 42 00:02:05,819 --> 00:02:08,500 Speaker 1: app for free and post it later to YouTube. 43 00:02:08,979 --> 00:02:10,548 Speaker 1: I'm Lou Warner, WGLT.