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A Bloomington-Normal drive-thru worker is out of a job after yelling at an Illinois State trooper. The local McDonald's managers fired a young woman Monday after they say they learned that she cursed ...

A determined group of about 100 local residents supporting protection for immigrants regardless of their legal status say they will keep fighting for Bloomington to pass a welcoming-city ordinance. A ...

Bloomington leaders are looking at changes to the city's residential solid waste program. The public works department had three potential resolutions. Looking at having a private company take over the...

The Bloomington City Council is trying to close the $2.9 million dollar deficit for 2019. On the table is ways to improve cost recovery by increasing service fees, like apartment inspections.Interim C...

The 2019 budget released by the White House Monday calls for more military spending, funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and cuts to social programs. The 160-page budget projects a gap betwee...

Tonight's Bloomington City Council meeting highlights the possible creation of a tax increment financing district (TIF) to help with redevelopment of the former Bloomington High School into apartments...

The Bloomington Fire Department still hasn't said what caused of the fire Saturday afternoon that destroyed an apartment complex at 1101 Gettysburg Drive, displacing seven families and a from the 12-u...

A dozen people are homeless and a firefighter is recovering after an apartment fire in Bloomington. It happened Saturday afternoon on the city's east side. Investigators say they don't know yet what s...

Illinois taxpayers are going to get a look at what the governor wants to spend this week. Governor Bruce Rauner is set to deliver his budget address on Wednesday. There are several lingering questions...

The suspect in the killing of a Putnam County teenage won't be in court for another couple of weeks. Prosecutors last week agreed to push back Richard Henderson's preliminary hearing til March. Hender...