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The latest Election Day coverage from the WGLT Newsroom, including results and reaction from the candidates in Bloomington-Normal. Includes Unit 5 and city council races.

The Nuns on the Bus who are touring the country rolled into the Republican Convention this week, hoping to talk with attendees and delegates about the…

Former Bloomington mayor Judy Markowitz leaves a huge legacy that affected the twin cities starting even in her youth during the founding Sister Cities…

(1:25) The Mayor of Normal says he expects the town council will continue to work well together, even with two new right of center candidates winning…

After spending time at the Republican Convention last week, the group of Catholic sisters known as the "Nuns on the Bus" are now in Philadelphia for the…

The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) are producers of the duPont-Columbia Award-winning, NPR series, Hidden Kitchens, and two Peabody Award-winning NPR series, Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project. Hidden Kitchens, heard on Morning Edition, explores the world of secret, unexpected, below-the-radar cooking across America—how communities come together through food. The series inspired Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year that was also nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food. The Hidden Kitchens audio book, narrated by Academy Award winner, Frances McDormand, received a 2006 Audie Award.

Peoria is planning a celebration in 2016 to mark the 40th anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Friedrichshafen Germany. Officials expect to…

Bloomington-Normal's sister cities program has no plans to cut ties with Vladimir, Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The two cities mostly focused on cultural and professional exchanges but now Arlington has a new mission: sending humanitarian aid to its partner city.

Bloomington-Normal's Sister Cities committee has found other ways to connect with its colleagues in Vladimir, Russia and Canterbury, England since exchange trips have stopped.