Bill Killian's daughter, who was born close to Halloween, requested her dad make a few graves with quippy epitaphs for their front yard in Gridley. Nearly two decades later, the display has about 110 homemade headstones.

After several years in Bloomington and Clinton, Iowa, the June 18-20 festival at the McLean County Fairgrounds is currently the only one on Tailgate N' Tallboys' 2026 calendar.

"Next to Normal" is an ambitious feat for U-High's theater program. The young performers pushed their director for harder material and themes, wanting to tell stories they could relate to.

Here's a roundup of Halloween-themed events in Bloomington-Normal and beyond.

Golden Ticket's Ale House Bloomington is the company's first location in Illinois, bringing the Twin Cities movie theater tally back up to four.

Jason Reblando's forthcoming book, "This is Captured Paper," uses cut patterns and collage to "disrupt, confuse and reclaim the photographic narrative" of the Philippines during its U.S. occupation.

The figure skating icon headlines the 30th annual Evening of Stars, a benefit supporting the Central Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross.

A look at TV and movie highlights for scary season in Bloomington-Normal.

If you enjoy humor found in unusual places ... if you enjoy sorting through public documents ... if you enjoy bluegrass music, then this show might just be for you. It's called "FOIA Love."

Food bloggers Terry Fitts and John Malkin launched a Facebook page to hype Central Illinois restaurants. They were inspired by late restaurant booster Larry Carius, but bring a different style and tone to their food writing.

The Van Leer Memorial Bell Tower will now play music twice daily as it did last century.

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college.