A citizen petition requires the City of Bloomington Township to consider a potential referendum that calls for stopping military aid to Israel over the war in Gaza.

Reverberation Vinyl owner John Anderson is largely detached from the mega-music industry, which has capitalized on the resurgence of vinyl and squeezed some independent artists out. Anderson sticks to his musical values and passions, stocking deep cuts and undiscovered gems. Each spring, he hosts a concert in the shop.

The Bloomington City Council heard reports Monday on the affordable housing situation in McLean County, and on progress being made in the first phase of the downtown streetscape plan the council approved last month.

The Town of Normal is helping the National League of Cities observe its centennial. A century ago, most mid-sized and small cities and towns were agriculture support centers, in essence market towns.

Even for those who are on board about recycling in McLean County, there’s confusion about what can be recycled — and perhaps some laziness about contamination. Those are among the results of a survey by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development for the Ecology Action Center in Normal.

Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers

Missouri State University announced Friday it's accepted an offer to join Conference USA starting in the fall 2025. That conference plays in the highest level of Division I football, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is in the lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

A Cook County Circuit Court jury this week ordered OSF HealthCare and other health providers to pay $41 million in a malpractice lawsuit.

Project Oz has existed in Bloomington for just over half a century, and it’s the only social service organization in the county dedicated to helping youth and adolescents — ages 10 to 23 — facing a housing crisis.

Poet Cathy Gilbert doesn't shy away from tough topics, but her most recent collection was as much a coping mechanism as an artistic expression. Her new book examines becoming a mother for the first time — to twins — as her own mother was dying.

Dozens of members of a union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty at Illinois State University demonstrated at Friday's board of trustees meeting, showing up en masse and dressed in green to highlight members' priorities.