1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:04,750 Speaker 1: From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Lou Warner. An agency providing 2 00:00:04,750 --> 00:00:07,719 Speaker 1: legal support to immigrants in Central and Southern Illinois is 3 00:00:07,719 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: grappling with the severe reduction of a sixty-year program from 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,859 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice. The recognition and accreditation program allows 5 00:00:14,859 --> 00:00:18,809 Speaker 1: anyone to become a DOJ rep, providing legal advice to immigrants. 6 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:22,500 Speaker 1: The immigration Project's legal director Danielle De Winner says it 7 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,860 Speaker 1: will be harder for immigrants to get the legal help 8 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:27,100 Speaker 1: they need. It caused quite a bit of panic in 9 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:31,159 Speaker 1: my office, and I'm not sure how many clients know 10 00:00:31,159 --> 00:00:34,119 Speaker 1: the difference between a DOJ rep and a legal aid, 11 00:00:34,189 --> 00:00:37,580 Speaker 1: like on the face until they're engaged with us and 12 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: understand the process. The immigration Project has 30 DOJ reps. 13 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:46,150 Speaker 1: Eastview Christian Church plans to donate its community center to 14 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:50,689 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Home Ministries, expanding the nonprofit's campus near Oakland Avenue. 15 00:00:51,029 --> 00:00:54,430 Speaker 1: Home Sweet Home Ministries CEO Matt Burgess says he's already 16 00:00:54,430 --> 00:00:57,770 Speaker 1: dreaming big about opportunities that may come from this donation. 17 00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:58,150 Speaker 1: We 18 00:00:58,150 --> 00:00:58,430 Speaker 2: know that. 19 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,470 Speaker 2: Supporting families experiencing homelessness is a very significant need in 20 00:01:02,470 --> 00:01:05,268 Speaker 2: our community and being able to expand that would be 21 00:01:05,269 --> 00:01:07,389 Speaker 2: high on our list of priorities to 22 00:01:07,389 --> 00:01:07,729 Speaker 2: consider. 23 00:01:07,870 --> 00:01:09,769 Speaker 1: An official plan for the building is not yet locked 24 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:12,699 Speaker 1: in while Home Sweet Home continues to have discussions with 25 00:01:12,699 --> 00:01:13,690 Speaker 1: community partners. 26 00:01:14,629 --> 00:01:17,750 Speaker 1: The Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council has named an interim 27 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:21,309 Speaker 1: chief executive officer. Tyler Cravens will hold the position while 28 00:01:21,309 --> 00:01:23,989 Speaker 1: the council does a national search for someone to succeed 29 00:01:23,989 --> 00:01:27,629 Speaker 1: Patrick Hoban. Cravens has served as the chief operating officer 30 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:29,970 Speaker 1: of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce for the last 31 00:01:29,970 --> 00:01:33,190 Speaker 1: 3 years. Cravens will continue in a limited capacity with 32 00:01:33,190 --> 00:01:36,349 Speaker 1: the chamber through a temporary arrangement. The chamber and the 33 00:01:36,349 --> 00:01:39,550 Speaker 1: EDC remain separate independent organizations. 34 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,589 Speaker 1: And a new documentary set to release next week takes 35 00:01:42,589 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: a look at newly unveiled information in the unsolved murder 36 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,879 Speaker 1: of Jennifer Lock Miller. The Illinois State University student was 37 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: murdered in 1993, a case that led to a wrongful 38 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: conviction case of her ex-boyfriend, Alan Beaman. Beaman was sentenced 39 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,709 Speaker 1: to 50 years in prison and served it until his 40 00:01:58,709 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2008. 41 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: WGNTV will publish the half-hour true crime special on their 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,759 Speaker 1: app for free and post it later to YouTube. 43 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,809 Speaker 1: I'm Lou Warner, WGLT