Farmland owners who want to sell their acreage are holding back this fall, compared with this time last year — while land prices have declined slightly.

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois.

As the Trump administration sends National Guard soldiers to Chicago, a half dozen Illinois State University students have been called to active duty this week.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the Trump administration's troop deployments to Chicago threaten the Republic and the U.S. Constitution.

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.

An Illinois State University researcher who's studied how people think about vaccines says she’s frustrated at how changing federal guidance surrounding vaccines has created confusion that’s made complicated medical decisions even more so.

Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois amid mounting judicial scrutiny of the federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.

A student group at Illinois State University is honoring one of its former members — Chicago Police officer Aréanah Preston — who was shot to death in 2023.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos said another developer is interested in the Uptown site, but the town's existing TIF district is too short term.

Gov. JB Pritzker responded Wednesday morning, writing on X, “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”