U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is voicing full-throated support for the massive Republican tax and spending bill, despite past opposition to Medicaid cuts and concern over the mounting federal budget deficit. LaHood represents parts of Bloomington-Normal.

Sen. Dick Durbin on Wednesday urged his Republican colleagues to vote against defunding public media, citing WGLT’s election events as one example of how local stations serve their communities.

One location near Towanda reported over 4.5 inches of rain Tuesday during the afternoon and evening hours, according to storm reports from the National Weather Service.

McLean County Board chair Elizabeth Johnston has confirmed Lyndsay Bloomfield, a Republican serving District 3, previously submitted her resignation, effective July 4.

Thomas Metcalf School sixth-graders designed and built a tiny house that Home Sweet Home Ministries will put in its shelter village.

Bloomington Public Library is looking for community input on what to include in its 2025 time capsule celebrating the first anniversary of its renovation project. The time capsule will be opened in 2050.

McLean County Nursing Home Administrator Tim Wiley said the county-run skilled nursing facility isn't anticipating a change in strategy in the wake of Congress approving steep cuts to Medicaid.

Starting July 17, the federal government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA] will no longer offer specially trained counselors for LGBTQ+ youth on its suicide prevention hotline.

Bloomington-Normal YMCA, the American Red Cross of Central Illinois and the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal are working together again to keep kids safe in the water this summer.

Young will primarily hear cases in Logan County, filling a vacancy left by Judge Bill Workman's retirement from the bench.

The leaders of the Bloomington-Normal Community Land Trust say they've made lots of progress since forming two years ago. They plan to buy and at least begin rehabbing their first home sometime in 2026.

A Chicago-based nonprofit advocating for people living with criminal records is branching out, with its first chapter launching in the Bloomington-Normal area. Fully Free BloNo chapter hosts a kickoff party 3 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Bloomington's Miller Park.