More than 280 native plants and over 22 species were planted at the Bloomington Public Library’s Prairie on the Patio Garden.

ISU's annual Front-Yard Freecycle event offered new and returning students on campus to claim dorm room and apartment must haves with no charge.

Those inside the renewable energy sector find themselves at a crossroads as the GOP's massive tax cut and spending bill will sunset tax credits and incentives from the industry. Those groups now face the difficult decision of how to handle environmental projects which are usually years in the making.

The Bloomington City Council voted Monday to approve a one-year pause on contributing revenue to the McLean County mental health and public safety sales tax fund, following last week’s matching action by the Town of Normal.

The deadline to make appointments for the Oct. 4 hazardous waste collection event in Bloomington is noon Friday, Sept. 26.

A modified plan for the first phase of Bloomington’s downtown streetscape project sparked a lengthy discussion during Monday’s city council meeting.

One location near Towanda reported over 4.5 inches of rain Tuesday during the afternoon and evening hours, according to storm reports from the National Weather Service.

Ecology Action Center in Normal is bringing back a program to McLean County that offers residents solar panel installation below market cost. The program also available to DeWitt County residents is a group buy program called the Grow Solar Initiative.

While two of the tornadoes were southeast of Bloomington-Normal, the bulk of the twisters were in west-central Illinois. The strongest was an EF-2 reported northeast of Jacksonville in Morgan County.

A dust storm, also known as a haboob, forms when strong, straight-line winds meet soil residue sitting among crops, collecting the dust there, rising it from the ground and bringing it together to form a wall-like cloud.