The campaign, launched by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and the Illinois Department of Public Health, comes amid low vaccination rates in McLean and Peoria counties.

The city manager of Bloomington said it's time to raise the public profile of the issue of Eastland Mall improvement.

Seven Illinois State University students will serve 18 months of court supervision for criminal trespassing, following an after-hours sit-in in the campus administration building.

The Normal Town Council on Monday approved an amended annexation agreement for the Carden Springs luxury townhouse project being developed by Fairlawn Capital of Champaign.

Students for Justice in Palestine at Illinois State University held a vigil Monday in Uptown Normal on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.

Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe of the Moses Montefiore Temple in Bloomington says her family in Israel is resilient as the war rages on, and they "truly want peace."

State Farm Insurance is removing electric vehicle charging stations from its parking decks at Corporate and Corporate South headquarters in Bloomington, and at hubs throughout the nation.

No single cause is responsible for a projected $8 million deficit in this year's budget, says Illinois State University's president, but a series of challenges both specific to ISU and to higher education in general have both contributed to the issue.

Meetings for the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council — a newly independent body that convenes area health and social service experts with government officials to discuss community behavioral health efforts in McLean County — are going private for the first time in the group’s history. Members say it should improve dialogue and get better results.

The Twin City Tiger Youth Football Facebook page confirmed a shooting incident at a game on Saturday. No injuries have been reported. Normal Police are investigating.

Bridgestone Americas in Normal hosted a group of business, education and government leaders on Friday for the third annual “Makers on the Move” statewide bus tour to showcase manufacturing plants in Illinois.

The chief economist for PNC Bank said relief is coming to the stalled housing construction sector in Central Illinois and wage growth will start to make up for lost buying power caused by inflation.