Category Archives: News

Bloomington is moving forward with the Public Safety and Community Relations Board, voting 8-1 in favor of the measure. The only council member to vote against the board was Diana Hauman. . The board ...

Governor Rauner is summoning lawmakers to Springfield Wednesday for a special session on school funding as Rauner's stare-down with Democrats continues.  Democrats defied Governor Rauner's noon M...

Forensic investigators hope to know soon if the human remains found in Pekin are those of a missing 13-year-old boy. Pekin Police yesterday said they found the remains behind a house along Route 29 so...

Another special session starts Wednesday.  Gov. Rauner last week set noon today as the deadline for the Senate to submit Senate Bill 1 to him so he could rewrite it to make it less generous to Ch...

A group of searchers say they're not sure a shirt found over the weekend is a clue in finding a missing Pekin boy, but they're hoping for the best. Searchers with Trucks 4 Kids, a private group that s...

You may soon have to pay to park in downtown Bloomington. A special city committee looking to revitalize the city's downtown is looking at bringing back parking meters. Bloomington got rid of paid par...

The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Illinois scholar is once again pleading not guilty.  Brendt Christensen yesterday pleaded not guilty to a new set of kidnapping charges.  ...

No felons, and no cops for that matter. The Bloomington City Council is slated to vote Monday  on a proposed ordinance to create a civilian police oversight board and it will not include convicte...

 A Chenoa nursing home is contesting a fine for the State Department of Public Health. The IDPH says Meadows Mennonite Home failed to protect six residents from a staff member, when unauthorized,...

One of the lockers at Streator Township High School will be empty this fall  after a workplace accident took the life of 17-year-old Senior Hunter Wolfe. WEEK TV reports Hunter was working for th...