Category Archives: News

It did not take long for a McLean County jury to find 30 year old Darvell Williams guilty of attempted murder and eight other charges reports the Pantagraph. Williams fired shots in an attempt to kill...

There is a delay in hiring a mental health coordinator for McLean County for at least a month. That's because County Board members this week approved the creation of the position but has yet to find t...

Former high school teacher Sarah Mellor of Bloomington who was convicted of killing her husband last fall at a campground near Carlock is sentenced to eight years in prison. The Pantagraph reports Mel...

Air conditioning is a must this week for just about everyone in downstate Illinois. The lower two thirds of the state is under an Excessive Heat Watch from this afternoon till Saturday evening. Foreca...

Taxpayers in Normal are getting a bit of a break, for now.  The local Hyatt Place hotel in Uptown Normal yesterday said it's withdrawing a request for 264-thousand-dollars in public support to st...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is asking Democrats in the Illinois Senate to send him their school funding plan--so he can change it! The governor yesterday promised to use an amendatory veto on the p...

Caterpillar will be Illinois' representative at the White House's showcase of made in America machines. Cat officials late last week announced that a Caterpillar 966M wheel loader will be a part of to...

The latest money heading to Illinois' social service agencies is coming from Washington, D.C.  The money is coming from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but is earmarked for senio...

A 19-year-old man is charged with armed robbery after he allegedly held up a restaurant worker at knife point Friday night. Jalun E. Caddell was arrested outside Schlotzsky's Deli, 508 IAA Drive in Bl...

The reward for a tip that helps to find a missing University of Illinois scholar is up to 50 thousand-dollars. Champaign County Crime Stoppers yesterday upped the reward, it was 40 thousand. Police be...