Category Archives: News

If you've ever had a loved one with Alzheimer's, you know how trying it can be for the entire family.On Tuesday in East Peoria, caregivers from across Central Illinois gathered to learn about the late...

A special prosecutor has been appointed to review the travel expenses of a Normal City Councilman Scott Preston whose seven out-of-state trips since he was elected in 2013 included frequent orders for...

The Coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds is closing down temporarily.  The state Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that the facility is being shut down after engineers discovere...

A new study shows two-thirds of recent graduates of Illinois colleges and universities have student debt.  A survey done by the Institute for College Access and Success reveals those borrowers ha...

A Bloomington woman is accused of stabbing her husband to death.  Sarah Mellor was charged with murder yesterday in Woodford County Court, where her bond was set at one-million-dollars.  Aut...

A Bloomington woman is accused of stabbing her husband to death.  Sarah Mellor was charged with murder yesterday in Woodford County Court, where her bond was set at one-million-dollars.  Aut...

Republican Darin LaHood and his Democratic opponent both agree: The 2016 election is not rigged. LaHood and Democrat Junius Rodriguez say Donald Trump is wrong to call the election rigged. Rodriguez s...

A new poll says Illinois voters like unions, they just wish organized labor had less power in Springfield. The latest poll from Southern Illinois University's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute says 5...

An investigation is underway into the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Mark Mellor of Bloomington. Mellor died at the Emergency Room at Advocate BroMenn just after midnight Sunday morning. Officials beli...

Premiums for Illinoisans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are going up. The Illinois Department of Insurance made that official on Friday with the publishing of its...