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The group tasked with generating a plan to address a funding gap that could render Connect Transit insolvent by 2026 has concluded its work.

A Bloomington hospital said Friday rumors that the dangerous new coronavirus had spread to central Illinois were untrue, as a second U.S. patient was confirmed in Chicago.

The Bloomington City Council is expected to get its first look at conceptual designs for a scaled-down $15 million library expansion by late summer.

A 41-year-old Bloomington woman has died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday night auto accident.

Andre Hursey is keenly aware that his life could have taken the same negative turn that short-circuited the lives of many of his peers.

A Livingston County man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the Christmas Day triple homicide in Cullom.

Illinois State University Athletics will host its first Pride Night to support students who identify within the LGBTQ+ community.

UPDATED 11:25 a.m. | The community panel tasked with helping Connect Transit secure financial sustainability will recommend soliciting a half-million dollar funding increase over two years from Bloomington and Normal to help address the service’s structural deficit.

At least three of 16 Illinois residents who cast ballots after being mistakenly registered to vote are U.S. citizens after all, election officials said Wednesday in assessing the damage caused by an error in the state’s automatic voter registration system.

A sports historian said a Normal native's nomination to the Pro Football Hall of Fame nearly a century after he helped break the NFL's color barrier shows the league hasn't fully reckoned with the racism that's plagued it for generations.

One of the most recognizable names in the Bloomington-Normal business community has changed to reflect a shift in ownership.

The target opening for Illinois State University’s new student housing project has been pushed back until fall 2022 as work continues on a business plan and facility design.

A tenured professor at Illinois State University claimed in a new sex-discrimination lawsuit that she’s unfairly making less than her male peers and was threatened with retaliation for raising her concerns.

Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said Tuesday night he believes the city continues to make strides toward becoming a better place to live.

Normal Town Council members and town staff agreed with an environmental group that the community needs better emergency plans for heat waves and polar vortexes.

What is Highway 309? It's the station that plays new music from India.Arie, Big Thief, Hot Sauce Universe, and Rosanne Cash, among many others.

Illinois State University has named professors in technology and mathematics as its new distinguished professors.

UPDATED 10:35 a.m. | A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Uptown mural artists against the Town of Normal and its Trail East developer, though he left the door open for another suit if the artwork is damaged or destroyed during relocation.

Come November, Illinois voters will decide whether to change the state’s income tax structure from the current flat tax to a new progressive or graduated model.

A 36-year-old Bloomington doctor is off the job at least temporarily after being charged this week with forcing oral sex on a woman with a disability.