Category Archives: News

Several residents of an apartment building at 301 W. Monroe St. in downtown Bloomington escaped a fire unscathed early Monday afternoon. The Pantagraph reports the residents smelled smoke and called t...

At least two bills are being considered in the Illinois Fall Veto Session following the shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded on Oct. 1. A House bill introduced Oct....

Jeanne Ives isn't worried about not having nearly as much money as Governor Bruce Rauner. Ives last week told a southern Illinois radio station that she is considering a bid to challenge Rauner in the...

Will Governor Bruce Rauner finally make it official?  The "Chicago Sun Times" reported last night that the governor will officially launch his reelection campaign today.  Rauner is facing a ...

Police are investigating why a man left his bags when he got off a northbound train Friday morning in Lincoln, prompting the train to be stopped and the other passengers evacuated. The Pantagraph repo...

City leaders in Bloomington are once again questioning Mayor Tari Renner's use of a city credit card. The mayor charged a 28-dollar lunch to the city while he was on a leave of absence last month. Las...

You have to work hard to spin something positive out of Illinois' latest jobs report. The state's employment agency yesterday said that Illinois lost almost eleven thousand jobs in September. The repo...

So far, three people have been arrested on a  variety of charges stemming from a weekend party where a fight between two women was live-streamed on Facebook last Sunday morning. Michael Burton of...

Two people have been arrested in connection with that Facebook Live streaming video of fight in Normal Sunday morning at an apartment on Parkinson Street. The Pantagraph reports a 25-year-old Blooming...

There's one place where you won't see any players taking a knee during the national anthem.  That's a Peoria Rivermen hockey game.  In fact, the entire Southern Professional Hockey League is...