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Speaker 1: More from the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. A McLean

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Speaker 1: County board member says the county is taking a cautious

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Speaker 1: approach to the idea of a data center being built.

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Speaker 1: Leah Klein says small data centers may be possible, but

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Speaker 1: it seems nobody is on board with large scale facilities,

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Speaker 1: sometimes known as AI farms. I have not yet spoken

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Speaker 1: to a board member who is in any way enthusiastic

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Speaker 1: about a data center. The county legally can't ban data centers,

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Speaker 1: but they can reject any proposals for not meeting certain criteria.

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Speaker 1: The county has restricted data centers to areas zoned for

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Speaker 1: manufacturing to keep them off of farmland.

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Speaker 1: A recovery support specialist with the McLean County Center for

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Speaker 1: Human Services has seen positive results using visual art to

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Speaker 1: support people struggling with substance abuse. George Woodworth says the

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Speaker 1: Bloomington nonprofit encouraged him to propose an idea for state funding.

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Speaker 2: What I

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Speaker 2: thought would

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Speaker 2: Work for a healthy outlet in recovery like a prosocial

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Speaker 2: activity slash group, um, they kind of left it open

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Speaker 2: and it didn't take me long at all to come

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Speaker 2: up with Brush

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Speaker 1: It Off. Participants are encouraged to chalk about it, creating

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Speaker 1: sidewalk murals and other art projects. The group includes family

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Speaker 1: members and allies supporting loved ones in recovery. Woodworth organized

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Speaker 1: an art show with pieces created by Brush It Off participants.

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Speaker 1: A Bloomington man who lost over 100 pounds won a

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Speaker 1: national body transformation challenge. Jeff Gerald explains what inspired him

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Speaker 1: to pick up the weights. Yeah, I was just tired of,

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Speaker 1: you know, being just out of shape and winded doing

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Speaker 1: normal everyday tasks, and, and I didn't want to see

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Speaker 1: my son see me like that all the time. Gerald

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Speaker 1: won $10,000 in prize money.

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Speaker 1: And the Trump administration has announced it will temporarily lift

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Speaker 1: restrictions on ethanol blend E-15 sales during the summer. That's

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Speaker 1: the pressure surrounding rising costs due to the war in Iran.

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Speaker 1: Governor JB Pritzker and other Midwest governors are seeking a

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Speaker 1: permanent solution to being able to use the cheaper E-15 gas.

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Speaker 1: Capital News Illinois reports federal waivers have temporarily lifted federal

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Speaker 1: restrictions in recent years, but that relief was delayed last year,

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Speaker 1: and it cost gasoline retailers millions of dollars. I'm Ben.