The city council rejected increasing the levy that would have contributed millions to fire and police pensions. Funding for both will be drawn from other sources.

The Normal Town Council has authorized preparing a new tax levy increasing annual property taxes by a small amount.

For its first 44 years, the Girls Intercity Basketball Tournament was a traveling show, bouncing from one high school to another throughout Bloomington-Normal. That changes this week when the girls and boys Intercity tournaments become one at Illinois Wesleyan’s Shirk Center, longtime site of the boys event.

A clarification to Illinois’ biometric data privacy law made by state lawmakers earlier this year limits the size of damages that can be claimed in lawsuits over Biometric Information Privacy Act violations, a federal judge ruled last week.

The Tri-Valley school district has seven candidates who have filed to run for school board for the April 1, 2025 election. The deadline to file is the close of business Monday.

McLean County is searching for behavioral health topics to center multiple mini forums around in 2025. It's a departure from the large Behavioral Health Community Forum the county has historically hosted annually.

Illinois CancerCare is part of the PRECEDE Consortium of more than 30 medical centers around the world working to improve early detection, screening, and prevention efforts.

Trustees will vote Tuesday to set a hearing for Dec. 17 on a proposed $37.6 million tax levy, a figure based on an estimated 10.49% increase in property values across the community college's district.

More than 200 historical sites in Illinois have been identified as a part of the Underground Railroad in the state, according to an exploratory task force.

Bloomington's mayor has a concern about Connect Transit taking on rural transportation in McLean County after the county ended its agreement with Show Bus, saying he doesn't want the new initiative to detract from existing services.

An effort is underway in the Illinois legislature to protect water supplies from a new climate technology that still faces many questions about its safety.

Sunday's concert at Illinois State University marks the Midwest premiere of "Passages," a cross-genre suite by Will Healy featuring a vocalist, jazz saxophonist and two emcees.