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McLean County Health Department administrator Jessica McKnight says the county is still waiting for formal guidance from state on the CDC's new mask guidelines.

McLean County Administrator Camille Rodriguez has told County Board members she is resigning.

Bloomington Election Commission Director Departs

An agency that serves those with disabilities in central Illinois says it will open a second pediatric therapy center.

Terri Goss Kinzy was named Friday as Illinois State University's next president. She will be the first woman to serve as president.

The Lincoln Club of McLean County Thursday evening hosted its inaugural event at the Bloomington Country Club. Billed as an educational forum, the event was entitled "Can Illinois Be Fixed?"

Starting June 1, the works of 53 of Stefen Robinson’s students at Normal Community High School will be featured at University Galleries in Uptown Normal.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling considered a disappointing setback for efforts to spare young offenders from a life in prison without parole is expected to have little impact in Illinois, where changes in the law shield most youth from a lifetime behind bars.

McLean County will turn to a bipartisan advisory panel to help draw new County Board maps.

The federal infrastructure bill being considered in Washington might be what finally gets a long-awaited south Bloomington road project to the finish line.

Government officials in Bloomington, Normal and McLean County say they don't plan to require the COVID-19 vaccine for staff and they don't plan to ask if employees have received the shots.