Category Archives: News

Illinois may not get a new, tougher gun dealer law after all. Governor Rauner has been very quiet about his plans for a series of proposed gun control laws in Springfield. But on Friday the governor t...

One man is dead and three others are recovering after a shooting in Champaign. Police say it happened early yesterday morning in the 700 block of North Hickory Street, on the city's near east side. Ch...

Kyle Ham, CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council, has resigned to take the position as vice president of client services for Core Construction in Morton, IL. Ham's last day will be...

Central Illinois Small Animal Rescue (CISAR) announces it will close. CISAR, a not-for-profit shelter and low-cost veterinary clinic at 29738 E. County Road 1400 North, has stopped taking animals and ...

South Korea announced Thursday night that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is extending an invitation to meet with President Trump. South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong also announce...

Pekin City Hall was evacuated Thursday morning after a pipe bomb was found in a safe. Pekin Public Information Office Billie Ingles said police made a meth-related arrest and confiscated a safe from t...

Normal Community West High School student, Olivia Sonetz, has died as a result of her injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night. The 17-year old from Bloomington was leaving softball prac...

Fire investigators have determined what caused the fire that destroyed a Bloomington apartment complex last month. The Bloomington Fire Department says the Gettysburg Apartment fire was started by a c...

Peoria could raise the age to buy a pack of cigarettes by the end of next month. The city's Liquor Commission earlier this week approved a Tobacco 21 plan. Mayor Jim Ardis told "The Peoria Journal Sta...

Community Care Systems, Inc. is helping the community complete forms for the 2017 Senior Homestead Property Tax Freeze, Homestead Exemption for the Disability Homestead Exemption, and the Homestead Ex...