A 26-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday just southeast of Bloomington. The McLean County coroner's office and Illinois State Police are investigating.

The public is invited to tour Bloomington’s soon-to-open non-congregate shelter village for the unhoused during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony next week.

The National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in Central Illinois during a severe weather outbreak Sunday. There was damage in Pontiac and near Pekin and Decatur.

After a work stoppage postponed three Bloomington Bison pro hockey games this weekend, players are set to report back to their teams with a tentative labor agreement in place.

Specs Around Town will soon be under new ownership. Julie Kubsch is retiring and has sold the boutique eyewear store to Jenna Bixby-Nehl, who will take over Jan. 6.

Hockey players in the ECHL went on strike Friday over unresolved contract negotiations, postponing at least three Bloomington Bison games and threatening dozens more.

Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said the coroner’s office was called to the 31000 block of Illinois Route 9 east of Mackinaw about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday for a single-vehicle crash.

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The Illinois State football team is headed to the FCS national championship game on Monday, Jan. 5, in Nashville. Here’s what fans should know if they plan to watch or travel to the game.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor.

On the heels of Illinois State football’s trip to the Football Championship Subdivision title game, the athletics department has announced a $2.5 million gift to the football program.

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ still praised some of the “inflammatory, profane, offensive or too difficult to read” vanity license plate requests turned down in 2025, a small portion of the nearly 56,000 applications it received this year, according to the office.