Category Archives: News

Bloomington police need your help finding a man who allegedly beat a woman. Ronald Johnson is facing charges of aggravated battery, hate crime, public indecency and disorderly conduct. He is wanted fo...

The University of Illinois isn't letting the state's budget crunch get in its way.  The school yesterday announced a plan to spend 60-million dollars over the next three years to lure new profess...

First Fridays have been a tradition in Bloomington for more than a decade. Often, businesses will stay open late, hold deals, and sometimes offer a complimentary drink to customers. There are no recor...

Marc Tiritilli isn't giving-up, yet, in the race for Normal Mayor. McLean County's clerk yesterday wrapped-up counting the ballots in the razor-thin race for mayor. Tiritilli may have lost a vote in t...

Storms last night dumped rain on central Illinois, but some communities got more than that. The National Weather Service reported a touchdown of a small and brief tornado in Washburn around 7:00 last ...

The chances are growing slimmer that Illinois will get a full state budget this year. Republicans in the Illinois Senate last night balked at the latest 'grand bargain' because it still spends too muc...

The recount in Normal could end today. Marc Tiritilli didn't close the 11-vote gap with Mayor Chris Koos in yesterday's first day of counting. There could be some wiggle room left though, Tiritilli is...

The Grim Reaper showed up and a lot of people got to hold their tombstone. But yesterday's 'Die In' for Obamacare did little to move the conversation forward. The crowd instead relied on the well-beat...

Illinois U.S. Senators say they're troubled by President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Both Democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say the president's move raises questions abo...

A partial recount of the 6,336 votes cast in the Normal Mayoral race began this morning at the McLean County Clerk's Office in what is described as a "staff discovery."  This partial recount lets...