Lauren Warnecke

An appeals court partially overturned the conviction of Richard Gaines, who was found to have sexually abused a teenage girl he met while both were staying at a Bloomington hotel. His original 59-year sentence has been reduced to 41 years.

Bloomington City Manager Jeff Jurgens said the city made its best offer in settling a lawsuit alleging civil rights violations against two men detained by a now-retired assistant police chief.

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra will bring a visually inspired performance to the stage, featuring world-renowned pianist Jeremy Denk playing a rarely-performed concerto, plus a U.S. premiere by Bernd Richard Deutsch.

Prosecutors have reached a tentative agreement with Brandon Knapp, a former Unit 5 middle school teacher charged with two counts of grooming.

Bloomington-Normal voters saw a range of advisory referendum questions on their ballots for the midterm election. The nonbinding questions are not actionable, but can signal voter sentiment on a variety of issues.

By flipping a GOP-held seat and defending their own, Democrats will now have a 13-to-7 majority on the McLean County Board — one more than they had before. Democrats have steadily picked up seats on the board since 2018.

Democrat Joshua Crockett emphasized recent missteps made by four-term Republican incumbent Kathy Michael, who has been the county clerk since 2010.

With 60% of votes tallied, the Associated Press announced LaHood, R-Dunlap, had defeated Paul Nolley by a 17-point margin to win in the 16th Congressional District.

Sorensen, who serves on the House Agriculture and the Armed Services committees, has pushed for year-round use of E15 fuel to support Illinois farmers and pushed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain military layoffs in his district.

Several Democratic officials were in Bloomington on Monday for a campaign event, a day after nine people were shot in a mass shooting near Illinois Wesleyan University. Despite bipartisan support for regulation, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Republicans in Congress are financially beholden to the gun lobby.