Category Archives: News

Three-quarters of voters in Illinois want to see marijuana decriminalized. Two-thirds want to see it legalized all together.  A new poll, released yesterday, by the Paul Simon Public Policy Insti...

New U.S. Census data shows people are leaving Illinois, and the heart of the state is no exception. Census population estimates show McLean County lost 748 residents. The data shows 58,456 people tota...

Tina Salamone was the director of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts building in Bloomington. She died suddenly of a heart attack on March 25th at the age of 58. A memorial was held at the...

23-year-old Justin R. Roof  faces felony charges after he forced himself into a house and then stabbed a man in the eye. Roof is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, as wel...

Downstate Illinois' first Portillo's is about two months away from opening. Developers in Champaign say the restaurant in that city should open sometime in May. Champaign and Normal are both getting t...

Illinois doesn't have a budget and is drowning in almost 13-billion dollars of unpaid bills, but at least state lawmakers are being paid. A judge yesterday ordered the state to pay lawmakers. Illinois...

The town of Normal issued demolition and building permits Tuesday for 202 Landmark Drive, where a Motel 6 is being torn down and where Portillo's will go up. The demolition is underway at this time bu...

You could fire up a joint legally if two new bills introduced by two Chicago Democrats gets passed.   The two bills would allow adults over 21 and to possess, grow, and purchase a limited amount ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to replace guards in watchtowers with closed-circuit cameras at nearly two dozen lower-security Illinois prisons, an effort to cut expenses for a cash-strapped state that has g...

A 20-year-old Shirley man faces 9 felony child porn charges in McLean County.  More than 800 images of child pornography allegedly were found by police on Austin Graf's cell phone. Graf is accuse...