Health and Safety

A Bloomington attorney is helping parents who lost their children to state protective services based on false allegations. Alan Novick says the road to exoneration is long and costly.

Illinois has five permanent household hazardous waste collection sites, but none in central Illinois. McLean County could be the first.

McLean County saw a slight drop in COVID hospitalizations and one additional death in the past week. The McLean County Health Department announced Friday the latest death was a man in his 90s, who was associated with a long-term care facility.

Bloomington-Normal's largest retirement community is getting a new leader. Barb Nathan is retiring and Matt Riehle will become the CEO in mid-February.

As Bloomington plans a multimillion dollar redesign of downtown, some who work there say they don't feel safe parking their vehicle in certain places.

State Farm says it has processed more than 10,000 storm damage claims in Florida, following the destruction left by Hurricane Ian. The insurer sent its catastrophe response team from Bloomington and other locations to the Gulf Coast last weekend to prepare for the storm.

Normal Community High School senior Avani Rai shared her work to combat hunger at a White House conference this week in Washington, D.C.

The first students in a peer support recovery program at Heartland Community College are sharing their experiences with mental health and substance abuse problems to help others.

Working parents face serious challenges coming out of the pandemic, but access to quality childcare and public transportation are not unique to the COVID-19 era.

The W.D. Boyce Council for the Boy Scouts of America will honor retired judge Paul Lawrence and his wife Helen Ogar, a retired attorney, for their various community volunteer efforts.