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The mayors of Bloomington and Normal are joining about 30 local officials who will be in the nation's capital Tuesday night through Thursday for One Voice, an annual trip that allows them to promote B...

The Normal City Council approved it's spending plan Monday night that features both budget cuts to programs and fee hikes for services such as water, sewer and trash collection starting April 1.There ...

The conservative running for governor in Illinois says Chicago is flirting with voter fraud. Jeanne Ives yesterday said that plans to use Chicago's CityKey ID as an acceptable voter ID invites people ...

Sorry, Ferris Bueller, Jake and Elwood are Illinois' most beloved movie stars. Illinois' Bicentennial Commission yesterday announced that voters picked The Blues Brothers as the best movie filmed in I...

Nearly 150 people gathered Sunday in front of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts to show their support for the 2nd Amendment. Gun owners are concerned about several pieces of legislation, ...

Normal is set to make a 16 percent drop in town spending in the town's new $102 million budget proposal, which is down $20 million from the year before. Cuts include 24 employees and a big subsidy for...

The man in charge of buying things for the state of Illinois will now be in charge of fixing the problems at the Quincy veterans home. Governor Bruce Rauner on Friday announced that Michael Hoffman wi...

For several local school districts are going green. Districts including Bloomington District 87, Stanford-based Olympia and McLean County Unit 5 are increasing their green initiatives at school buildi...

The U.S. Secret Service reported personnel are responding to reports of a male suffering a self-inflicted gun injury near the White House North Lawn on Saturday.The U.S. Secret Service tweeted that th...

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