Collin Corbett said his campaign is about proving there is an appetite for independent, centrist candidates in Illinois as voters weigh their options between staunch Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Trump-endorsed Republican Darren Bailey.

Illinois State University students are tuning out fire alarm evacuation orders and taping over smoke detectors in campus dorms due to frequent fire alarms, raising concerns about whether students will respond when there is a real emergency.

The Peoria diocese Sunday afternoon celebrated the 107th anniversary of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s ordination as a priest ahead of his beatification ceremony on Sept. 24.

Chronic understaffing at DCFS and an unimplemented state law are leaving some childcare centers short-staffed, turning away kids and in some cases risking their funding.

McLean County government is getting into the heart of its budget season. The proposed $150 million spending plan would be up 4.1% from the current fiscal year — an increase of $5.9 million.

A data center cooling failure has disrupted online and mobile banking for customers at several Central Illinois credit unions for the past three days, part of a nationwide problem.

New makerspaces at both Unit 5 high schools will provide more opportunity for students to get hands-on technology experience.

The town council will vote Monday on a plan to extend the moratorium on accepting any data center permits through May 2027.

The current Carle Health Proctor Hospital on Knoxville Avenue will be known as the Carle Health Methodist Hospital- Proctor Campus, effective Nov. 1. There are no changes to the name of the current Carle Health Methodist Hospital on Glen Oak Avenue.

St. Mary's Church in El Paso will host a watch party for the Sept. 24 ceremony in the same parish hall where Sheen was baptized.

The McLean County Sheriff's Office has announced plans to increase patrols around Lake Bloomington due to "numerous complaints" about excessive speeding in the area.

The singer/songwriter from Metamora has a new EP called More Than Just Bones, part of his deepening collaboration with Charles Wesley Godwin of Pittsburgh-based band The Allegheny High.