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Ward 1 Alderman Kevin Lower challenged incumbent mayor Tarri Renner in this year's mayoral race and came up short.  Lower, who ran on a platform of "getting back to basics" and fiscal responsibil...

The unofficial vote count shows Normal Mayor Chris Koos holding on to a 7-vote lead over challenger Marc Tiritilli. The official vote count won't be known for two weeks. Marc Tiritilli reportedly says...

It's Election Day, again, in Illinois. Voters across the state are heading to the polls to choose new mayors, city councils, school boards, as well as dozens of other local elected leaders. There are ...

Normal, Illinois is the first city in the state to know its going to lose its Gordmans. The retailer yesterday released a list of stores that will close as part of a bankruptcy. But many stores in Ill...

The top man in the Illinois Senate wants a state law to keep immigration authorities out of the state's schools. Senate President John Cullerton yesterday proposed legislation to keep police out of sc...

Election Day is about more than just a new mayor or city council.  Voters across the state will decide hundreds of tax increases when they go to the polls tomorrow.  But despite the importan...

Illinois' attorney general is warning about a new phone scam designed to get you to say "yes."  Lisa Madigan says the latest scam is to ask "Can you hear me?" and when you say "yes" the scammers ...

Illinois lawmakers aren't the only ones who are less than thrilled with the University of Illinois' special budget request.  Illinois' other universities are also unimpressed.  The U of I wa...

Normal Police are looking for a man with a gun and a mask who robbed University Liquors. Police say it happened yesterday afternoon. NPD has a picture of the robber, but you can't clearly see his face...

No one knows if Normal's Gordmans will be one of the stores that's going to close. A new company is buying the retail outlet, and says it will close about half of the Gordmans stores across the countr...