Michele Steinbacher

Samsung and automaker Stellantis announced this week they’re building a battery plant in Kokomo, Indiana, about an hour north of Indianapolis. The $2.5 billion factory is expected to begin production in 2025 and create about 1,500 jobs.

The Unit 5 school board expects to vote next month on whether to join a collaborative effort to create standardized incentives in the local enterprise zone.

The Bloomington City Council voted Monday to take steps to improve two Main Street corridor properties — one helps downtown’s Red Raccoon Games expand, and the other is pinned to hopes of redeveloping the former Mennonite Hospital site near Illinois Wesleyan University.

The McLean County Board approved its updated mental health action plan Thursday, after postponing the vote one month, to allow more public feedback on the document.

Three additional public information meetings are planned for May, to address Unit 5’s multimillion-dollar deficit.

It’s official: The community’s largest youth soccer league will create a new complex at the site of the old Sale Barn in southwest Bloomington.

An architectural design team will help Normal decide how to develop about eight acres south of the railroad tracks in Uptown Normal, with the potential to help address the community's housing shortage.

For the second year in a row, Unit 5 expects to draw more than 1,000 students to its summer school programs in an effort to help close education gaps created by the pandemic.

Despite a year filled with controversy over busing problems, Unit 5 will keep First Student next year.

A virtual public information session about Unit 5’s financial crisis, and whether addressing it might include pushing for a tax hike referendum, drew about 200 attendees Tuesday night.