Andrew Miller has volunteered with Lexington's cheer squad since 2024. He was placed on administrative leave in the wake of a police investigation that's taken him off the job at Chiddix Junior High. On Friday afternoon, Lexington High's cheerleading families were notified of Miller's termination.

With the strong support of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Gregory Gilmore to be the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.

Republicans Don Tracy, Casey Chlebek and Pamela Denise Long participated in a candidate forum broadcast Thursday on WTVP and presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Democrats Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Juliana Stratton participated in candidate forum broadcast Thursday on WTVP and presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Minutes from a Unit 5 school board meeting in 2020 reveal the district's public rebuke of Andrew Miller's alleged behavior while he was a coach at University High School.

Three residents of a Bloomington mobile home park have filed a lawsuit against the park’s out-of-town owner, claiming it’s used a “pattern of unfair and deceptive practices” to illegally force them to pay higher rent and improperly assessed fines and fees.

Illinois lawmakers want to increase funding for community schools because of the loss of federal grant money.

A McLean County jury determined Desiree Robertson did not premeditate her husband's death in a 2024 domestic dispute. She was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday.

State Farm is announcing the largest dividend in company history, a $5 billion giveback to auto policyholders. CEO Jon Farney told reporters the dividend works out to an average of $100 per vehicle for 49 million vehicles.

Mummy Cass and his band mates make up the all-original anonymous funk band called Here Come the Mummies. 5,000 years ago, they were in sarcophagi, but now they're playing at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

One man was hospitalized in the shooting. It happened in the 400 block of West Graham Street. His condition is not known.

McLean County court records indicate Michael Mitchell, 26, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors for his role in the Nov. 3, 2024 crash near Fox Creek and Beich roads in Bloomington.