Category Archives: News

State's Attorney Jason Chambers filed a motion earlier this week that involves a City Council meeting back in February when the Bloomington City Council went into closed session to discuss the 30 year...

Illinois schools have a year to get ready for a new system of getting money from Springfield. Governor Bruce Rauner yesterday signed what he is calling a "historic" overhaul of how Illinois pays for p...

Federal investigators say the pilot of a small plane that crashed near Bloomington's airport in 2015 lost his bearings as he headed home. The NTSB yesterday released its report into the April 7, 2015 ...

Illinois' good, rich, black dirt is worth a little less. A new report unveiled yesterday at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur said farmland prices have dipped. It's still not cheap to buy good ground ...

Caterpillar's stock is trading higher on the news that the company will be building tractors for the U.S. military.  Cat announced a 663-million-dollar contract with the Pentagon yesterday.  ...

DACA is currently under review, and Normal Mayor Chris Koos has now joined the list of U.S. mayors and other government officials who support extending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA...

A landmark education funding reform bill was approved by the Illinois Senate Tuesday, paving the way for more than 850 Illinois school districts to begin receiving state aid money this year. The bill ...

Illinois will limit how local and state police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a plan signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce Rauner, a move that puts the first-term Republican a...

Mayor Tari Renner said he is taking a temporary leave of absence from his mayoral duties.... Renner says it is for medical reasons. Renner did not disclose the nature of his illness. He will continue ...

A group of volunteers from Bloomington are in  Texas to help out with the Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Five volunteers are currently deployed, with more to come this week as relief efforts ...