Category Archives: News

Bloomington City Council approves $1.7 million dollars worth of sewer work and a new TIF district. The $1.7 million dollars will help the city take a more proactive approach to sewer maintenance. Coun...

A long-time member of Bloomington City Council is retiring. Ninth Ward Alderman Jim Fruin says he's done, when his term term ends in April. Fruin has served the city for the last 24 years, including t...

You're going to need thousands of dollars if you want to watch the Chicago Cubs in the World Series at Wrigley Field. Tickets for the Cubs' first series in 71-years are already fetching top dollar. "T...

Just over a thousand state workers are getting a little something extra for a job very well done. Governor Rauner's office says they're awarding eleven-hundred non-union state workers with one time bo...

If Illinois' pumpkins are looking good, chances are everyone else's pumpkins are looking good too. Illinois grows about 90-percent of the pumpkins sold across the country. And farmers say this year's ...

The Illinois State Board of Elections is assuring voters the November election is not rigged. The State Board issued an open letter yesterday, trying to roll back claims that somehow the fix is in. Th...

Family and friends are mourning after a soldier from Illinois was killed in Afghanistan.  The Department of Defense announced that Army Sergeant Douglas Riney of Fairview died yesterday from woun...

It's now how many jobs Illinois lost last month that stings, it's which jobs. The latest unemployment report shows the state's jobless rate held steady at five-and-a-half percent. But the same report ...

Adults that could be working and don't have children will still get food stamps in Illinois. "The Chicago Sun Times" is reporting Governor Rauner's office will reapply for a waiver that allows able-bo...

Governor Rauner's health care savings task force is taking credit for 20-million dollars in savings.  But that's not much compared to the 23-billion the state will spend on healthcare this year. ...