The McLean County Health Department will offer a one-day training session focused on the needs of adults aged 65 and older. It will guide trainees on how to approach, listen to and assess the needs of seniors they interact with.

The Bloomington City Council ultimately voted 8-1 to authorize spending up to $120,000 on 145 new Walther PDP handguns for the police department.

Cancer survivor Erica Austin, of Springfield, is Illinois' ambassador for VOICES of Black Women. The nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society aims to address disproportional mortality rates among Black women diagnosed with cancer and other chronic disease.

Unity Cupboard has increased its supply from Midwest Food Bank and received a truck from U-Haul to keep up with increased demand.

A program that works to reduce caseloads at Bloomington-Normal emergency rooms and the McLean County jail has seen significant growth in the last two years. It's the Frequent User System Engagement, or FUSE program.

Pre-hospital transfusion improves patient condition, reduces hospital stays and reduces overall use of blood. Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first program in Illinois to offer the service in ambulances.

Chestnut Health Systems and Lighthouse Institute are recruiting 48 families to participate in their new research study on how to provide young adults and their families with alternative forms of substance use support.

Bloomington residents and businesses can no longer possess or sell the herbal substance kratom and synthetic alternatives, following action taken by the city council.

The session, titled Hidden Risks: Drug endangered children and family human trafficking training, is co-sponsored by Allies Against Trafficking and the Logan/Mason County and McLean County Recovery Oriented Systems of Care, also known as ROSC. It will take place Jan. 27 at the ISU Alumni Center.

Health care providers and educators worry a $100,000 lifetime limit on borrowing for graduate nursing programs, wrapped in the fine print of the Big, Beautiful Bill, could put a wrench in the workforce pipeline.