Category Archives: News

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says police officers across the state could do a much better job if there was less government in their way.  The governor spoke with officers yesterday.  Raune...

A Putnam County man is charged with concealing the death of his sister-in-law after she was found buried in a yard.  Clifford Andersen is being held in jail on 750-thousand-dollars bond.  He...

Unit 5 officials continue to blame First Student for ongoing busing problems at Wednesday night's school board meeting. At that same meeting,  representatives from the bus contractor apologized t...

The state Supreme Court is rejecting a request to reconsider its decision to keep an Independent Map amendment proposal off the November ballot.  Illinois's high court reaffirmed last month's vot...

A Normal man is heading behind bars for trying to conceal the death of a teenager who overdosed on heroin.  Braxton Smith was sentenced yesterday to three-years in prison after pleading guilty to...

Hillary Clinton is closing-in on a 20-point lead over Donald Trump in Illinois. A new poll from Reboot Illinois and We Ask America gives Clinton a 51-33 lead over Trump. But the poll says voters aren'...

State Police investigators are reviewing the books for Bloomington's coliseum.  But no one is saying what they're looking for. Bloomington city leaders confirm the investigation, but say they can...

As Illinois lawmakers talk about how to better pay for schools in the state, there's growing pressure to have fewer schools.  Illinois has nearly 860 school districts, half of them average less t...

David Gill is asking a federal appeals court to order him placed back on the November ballot.  Gill is running for Congress in central Illinois as an independent.  But he failed to get ten-t...

Bloomington city officials  are not talking publicly about the nature of issues that led them to ask Illinois State Police pursue an investigation of past financial operations of U.S. Cellular Co...