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The new name of Bloomington's downtown arena is officially Grossinger Motors Arena.City council approved the 10-year contract, Monday, that gives a local car dealership the naming rights. Grossinger M...

Illinois school leaders want most students in the state to be able to read and do math at grade level in the next 15 years.The Illinois State Board of Education yesterday unveiled a plan to have 90-pe...

The top Democrat at the Illinois Capitol is finally saying what he needs to agree on a budget.  House Speaker Mike Madigan told reporters in Springfield yesterday that he wants a new law regardin...

Cities 92.9 thanks the nearly 15-hundred participants in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of McLean County. Thanks to you, Relay for Life raised nealry $300,000 to help fight cancer.

The search group Trucks 4 Kidz attempted to find missing Pekin teenager Robert Bee two weeks ago, with no luck. Over the weekend the group returned and opened up the search asking for the public's hel...

The most powerful Democrat at the Illinois Capitol says the state doesn't have a budget because Governor Rauner isn't willing to raise taxes on his own.  House Speaker Mike Madigan yesterday told...

It's now Grossinger Motors Arena. The announcement coming from a news conference today stating the naming rights of Bloomington's former US Cellular Coliseum will change over to Grossinger Motors Aren...

You can't even get a pizza that fast. The Illinois House yesterday gaveled-in and gaveled-out of special session in under ten minutes. Lawmakers are supposed to be in Springfield to talk about a state...

Democrats in the Illinois House House are now the odd men out.  Bloomington-Normal Republican Jason Barcikman told Cities 92-point-9 yesterday that everyone else in the Capitol, including Governo...

There's now an 80 thousand-dollar fund for the family of a missing University of Illinois scholar. U of I leaders and managers at the U of I Community Credit Union yesterday said online donations hit ...