The Normal Town Council approved four measures related to the Uptown Normal TIF District at its meeting Monday night.

The chair of the McLean County Board said the recent awarding of $1.7 million in mental health and human service funding shows the potential of an intergovernmental agreement using shared tax money to improve the community.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) told U of I it could not bring out its then mascot at championship games. The NCAA said Chief Illiniwek was hostile to Indigenous communities.

Ahead of an estimated 150,000 Illinois households losing their federal food assistance on May 1, advocates rallied at the Capitol to call for state support at extending assistance to those who may lose their benefits.

A grant that will help fund a two-mile stretch of new sewer interceptor on Bloomington-Normal’s west side is part of a much larger project that may link some small towns in McLean County to the Twin Cities' sewage treatment system.

After more than two weeks on the picket line, tenured and tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield have a deal to return to work. Faculty will be back in the classroom Monday.

The project covers about 1.5 miles from Clayton Street to Veterans Parkway. IDOT is overseeing the work because U.S. Route 150 is a state-maintained road.

A Republican colleague said George Wendt will be a remembered as a “stalwart advocate” of conservative principles on the McLean County Board.

Residents experiencing outages, property damage, flooding, tree damage, or service disruptions are encouraged to self-report to assist countywide response efforts.

Six tornadoes struck McLean County on Friday night, according to the National Weather Service — three of them in Bloomington and Normal.

Officials representing McLean County, Bloomington and Normal said “the system worked” by implementing an all-hands effort during Friday’s powerful thunderstorms.

Bloomington-Normal residents were assessing the damage and starting to clean up Saturday from a powerful storm that walloped McLean County the night before, leading to damage at the Rivian auto plant and knocking out power for thousands. There appeared to be no serious injuries.