Latest News from Bloomington-Normal and Central Illinois
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The tax money would instead stay with the municipalities during that time. The County Board’s Executive Committee is expected to consider the measure during its 4 p.m. meeting on Monday.
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A judge sentenced Kameron Major on Friday to two years in prison and six months of supervised release for his role in a fatal 2023 crash in Bloomington.
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YWCA McLean County's Labyrinth program has received a $505,704 state grant to provide services to men and women being released from three Central Illinois prisons.
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U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi spoke to Bloomington-Normal area Democrats during a stop Friday in downtown Bloomington.
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Reconcile Church has a temporary site for this Sunday’s services at Be Strong Gym in Bloomington. But for near and long term, it's unclear what's next for the Christian nondenominational congregation.
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State Farm said Friday that Gov. JB Pritzker’s attacks on its 27% homeowners’ insurance rate increase are “factually incorrect” political rhetoric.
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WGLT talked with students and teachers from Bloomington Career Academy about competing in the SkillsUSA Championships — the largest workforce development event in the country.
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Gov. JB Pritzker took the rare step Thursday of attacking one of Illinois’ largest employers — State Farm — over its plans to increase homeowners’ insurance rates by 27%.
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A draft McLean County Land Use Plan is getting pushback from various stakeholders. Regional Planning Commission staff now say they'll change the process.
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After several years of planning, two public forums, getting funding approval and securing the location, Home Sweet Home Ministries broke ground on its new shelter village, The Bridge.
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Bloomington Police said officers and the Bloomington Fire Department responded to Center Street and Oakland Avenue at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. A truck had veered off the road and struck a tree.
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Hospital officials in Illinois say they will have to make some difficult decisions in the next few years that could involve laying off staff, cutting back services and even closing some facilities entirely.