Karl Kopp will be the nonprofit's new chief executive at a critical moment in the agency's 70-year history.

A group of non-union workers at Illinois State University threatened to unionize during Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Organizers say over 200 ISU employees have signed a petition asking for raises, in the wake of other collective bargaining on campus.

After his first school year on the job, new Illinois Wesleyan University President Sheahon Zenger paints a portrait of an institution "re-claiming its birthright" as a liberal arts education center in Central Illinois.

McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane said sheriff’s deputies were called shortly atter 3:30 p.m. to the area of 18351 Kickapoo Lane in rural Hudson where a man had fallen into the lake and could not get out.

The move would jumpstart negotiations on a sale of the property to Home Sweet Home Ministries which would operate The Bridge, a shelter of 48 tiny sleeping cabins that would be located at Main Street and Oakland Avenue.

Carl's Pro Band in Bloomington is closing as co-owner Carl Thacker retires. Assets are being taken over by The Music Shoppe, now Bloomington-Normal's only music store.

State has recently completed major renovations at some state parks

Thursday's meeting was well attended by residents who live near the property that is currently used for farming.

Options abound for Mother's Day bunches this Sunday. Or, take her to Community Players for the opening weekend of their laugh-out-loud play, "Moon Over Buffalo."

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria’s leader calls the election of the first American pope “of great significance for the Church and the world.”

Connect Transit, the transit agency that provides public transportation in Bloomington-Normal, confirms it will be taking over rural transportation in McLean County on July 1.

Members of the public have questioned the hiring process and other details of the transition from an independent nonprofit to a program of the town's Cultural Arts Department. Illinois Art Station's founder said the organization was experiencing financial trouble and likely to fold.