The war in Iran — or conflict, depending on who you ask — is perhaps the top foreign policy issue facing voters this midterm election. WGLT's Charlie Schlenker reports on how the congressional candidates in the districts of Bloomington-Normal perceive the country's position against Iran.

Bloomington city manager Jeff Jurgens declined to answer questions about former Assistant Police Chief Paul Williams' excessive overtime while he was a police lieutenant. Jurgens said he couldn't speak to fiscal years in which he was not city manager.

Inflation, the rising cost of living and affordability are huge issues this election season. WGLT's Charlie Schlenker reports on how Central Illinois congressional candidates are addressing those topics.

The Head Start program is a federally funded U.S. program that provides free early childhood education, health, nutrition and family support services to low-income children and their families. After more than six decades, it is again under threat as proposed changes focus on shifting the program to individual states.

Mayor Chris Koos honored Terri Ryburn as the Town of Normal's Citizen of the Year at a reception on Tuesday. Ryburn is retiring in December as caretaker of the historic Sprague's Super Service on Pine Street.

The major party candidates for Congress in Central Illinois have significantly different views of how to deal with looming financial crises over the federal budget deficit, national debt, and Social Security.

Correctional officers began wearing body worn cameras in the jail in mid-August. They were purchased as part of a 10-year technology upgrade for both jail and police operations within the McLean County Sheriff's Department.

A journalism professor who has roots in Pekin and Peoria says journalists must do more than cover the news; they must actively build community for local news outlets to survive in a challenging world.

How much potential water exists in Bloomington-Normal and McLean County is difficult to tell. Experts tell WGLT the lack of understanding and potential differences in each and every data center's need for water make it impossible to say how much one would need or use.

About 100 students from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington were among the tens of thousands of Catholics who witnessed the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen move closer to sainthood.