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Two Central Illinois conductors on the Underground Railroad in Tazewell County were charged with violating fugitive slave laws. Abraham Lincoln was their lawyer. Celebrate the underground railroad in McLean and Tazewell Counties. Congressmen Darin LaHood and Rodney Davis call for the ouster of two top national security officials saying those officials ignored intelligence predicting the Taliban would roll over the Afghan government. A national labor leader from McLean County calls for solidarity - against the pandemic. Plus, the Make Music Normal festival returns with precautions.

The McLean County Health Department reported 144 new coronavirus cases from the weekend, as the county has surpassed 19,500 cases since the start of the pandemic.

McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder and McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane said in a joint news release the crash occurred at County Road 3100 East and 400 North Rd east of LeRoy. The coroner’s office was notified of the death at 3:27 p.m. Monday, according to the news release. Their identity of the person who died has not been released, pending notification of family.

As vaccinations increase, some of McLean County’s COVID-19 data is trending in the wrong direction.The number of McLean County residents hospitalized for…

McLean County has more than 400 active coronavirus cases for the first time in over three months. The county health department announced 69 new cases on Tuesday.

It's Election Day (finally)! Voters across Illinois are going to the polls Tuesday in a primary that will set up another high-stakes election in…

Twenty thousand McLean County residents have contracted the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The county reached that benchmark on Tuesday as it announced 53 daily infections.

The number of Democrats turning out for Tuesday's primary more than tripled over the number that voted in 2014.McLean County Board member Erik Rankin said…

McLean County’s seven-day testing positivity rate for the coronavirus has topped 5% for the first time since a late summer surge tied to Illinois State…

McLean County saw a decline in the number of eviction filings in the final two months of last year, soon after evictions were allowed to resume.