Category Archives: News

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...

Former President Obama's birthday won't be designated a holiday in Illinois anytime soon.  A proposal that would close state facilities and schools each year on August 4th was voted down yesterda...

Bloomington Police are looking for help in solving a weekend shooting. It happened very early Saturday morning at the Econo Lodge. Officers say two people were hurt, neither with life threatening inju...

Normal is changing its public comment policy. --Somewhat-- Town leaders last night voted to do away with the 45-day limit. The Illinois Attorney General told the town that violated Illinois' Open Meet...

An 85 year old Clinton man was killed early Monday morning after being struck by a car near the Casey's store at the intersection of Illinois 54 and East Washington Street. The man is identified as WI...

The new men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois is promising victories. Brad Underwood told fans over the weekend that "we will win." Underwood comes to the U of I from Oklahoma State Uni...

Illinois' total of unpaid bill is enough to saddle every man, woman, and child in the state with a thousand dollars of debt. The state's comptroller on Friday said Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills hi...

The manhunt in over for a sexually violent fugitive from central Illinois. Deputies in Wakefield, Michigan say they arrested David Hermosillo over the weekend. Hermasillo slipped his ankle bracelet in...

An ordinance that would prohibit local police from working with federal immigration officers was formally presented Thursday by advocates who believe immigrants face a greater chance of deportation un...