1 00:00:00,589 --> 00:00:05,030 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Courtney Conroy. An agency providing 2 00:00:05,030 --> 00:00:08,238 Speaker 1: legal support to immigrants in Central and Southern Illinois is 3 00:00:08,239 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: grappling with the severe reduction of a sixty-year program from 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice. The recognition and accreditation program allows 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,879 Speaker 1: anyone to become a DOJ rep, providing legal advice to immigrant. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,889 Speaker 1: The immigration Project's legal director Daniel De Winter says it 7 00:00:22,889 --> 00:00:25,010 Speaker 1: will be harder for immigrants to get the legal help 8 00:00:25,010 --> 00:00:25,489 Speaker 1: they need. 9 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:26,128 Speaker 2: It caused 10 00:00:26,129 --> 00:00:29,049 Speaker 2: quite a bit of panic in my office, and I'm 11 00:00:29,049 --> 00:00:31,909 Speaker 2: not sure how many clients know the difference between a 12 00:00:31,909 --> 00:00:35,150 Speaker 2: DOJ rep and a legal aid, like on the face 13 00:00:35,150 --> 00:00:39,049 Speaker 2: until they're engaged with us and understand the 14 00:00:39,049 --> 00:00:39,290 Speaker 2: process. 15 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:42,549 Speaker 1: The immigration Project has 30 DOJ reps. 16 00:00:43,069 --> 00:00:46,549 Speaker 1: The Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council has named an interim 17 00:00:46,549 --> 00:00:50,110 Speaker 1: chief executive officer. Tyler Cravens will hold the position while 18 00:00:50,110 --> 00:00:52,950 Speaker 1: the council does a national search for someone to succeed 19 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:56,590 Speaker 1: Patrick Hoben. Cravens has served as chief operating officer of 20 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:59,700 Speaker 1: the McLean County Chamber of Commerce for the last 3 years. 21 00:00:59,939 --> 00:01:02,970 Speaker 1: Cravens will continue in a limited capacity with the chamber 22 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:04,470 Speaker 1: through a temporary arrangement. 23 00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:08,279 Speaker 1: Eastview Christian Church plans to donate its community center south 24 00:01:08,279 --> 00:01:11,669 Speaker 1: of downtown Bloomington to Home Sweet Home Ministries this summer. 25 00:01:12,010 --> 00:01:14,459 Speaker 1: The center is across the street from Home Sweet Home 26 00:01:14,459 --> 00:01:18,370 Speaker 1: Shelter Village. Eastview's lead pastor, Brandon Grant, says it makes 27 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:20,429 Speaker 1: sense for Home Sweet Home to take over the building 28 00:01:20,610 --> 00:01:22,009 Speaker 1: to help it expand its work for. 29 00:01:22,114 --> 00:01:24,635 Speaker 1: In the unhoused, I think it's best that we would 30 00:01:24,635 --> 00:01:27,474 Speaker 1: partner with Home Sweet Home in a significant way. They 31 00:01:27,474 --> 00:01:31,254 Speaker 1: do a great job of really walking alongside of and 32 00:01:31,535 --> 00:01:34,244 Speaker 1: moving towards rehabilitation of those that are in unhoused situations. 33 00:01:34,355 --> 00:01:37,955 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Home's CEO says the nonprofit is considering multiple 34 00:01:37,955 --> 00:01:39,315 Speaker 1: ideas to use the property. 35 00:01:39,919 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: And a new documentary set to release next week takes 36 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: a look at newly unveiled information in the unsolved murder 37 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: of Jennifer Lock Miller. The Illinois State University student was 38 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 1: murdered in 1993, a case that led to the wrongful 39 00:01:52,919 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: conviction of her ex-boyfriend Alan. 40 00:01:54,860 --> 00:01:58,540 Speaker 1: Beaman. Beaman was sentenced to 50 years in prison and 41 00:01:58,540 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 1: served it until his conviction was overturned by the Illinois 42 00:02:01,279 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Supreme Court in 2008. WGNTV will release the half-hour true 43 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,699 Speaker 1: crime special on their app for free and later post 44 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:09,839 Speaker 1: it to YouTube. I'm.