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The latest campaign to separate Chicago from the rest of the state is trying to enlist the Libertarian Party's help to try to make its longshot bid become…

Bloomington-Normal’s intensive care beds have nearly reached capacity even as the county’s active coronavirus caseload drops to its lowest level in six…

Two suspects in the Funks Grove slaying remained jailed Sunday as authorities again raised the possibility of more arrests and the victim’s daughter—now…

Black Lives Matter BloNo announced a sweeping platform of policy demands Friday that would shrink local police departments, remove officers from schools,…

UPDATED 11:15 A.M. | McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said preliminary results from an autopsy conducted Sunday morning show the 31-year-old Downs man…

Illinois State University is taking next steps toward the launch of mechanical and electrical engineering programs.ISU has been considering the addition…

UPDATED 5:25 p.m. | The McLean County Health Department on Friday reported 118 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, as the county’s testing positivity rate…

The Bloomington Normal tourism picture is getting better, but better is a relative term. Yet, major events and meetings are going back on fall calendars. Hear from the McLean County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Plus, crypto currencies and digital art based on blockchain technology are moving into the mainstream. They even had a Saturday night Live Skit, and they're also being developed in central Illinois. Digital artists make NFTs. Illinois Wesleyan University has won back to back national golf championships, yet two years apart.

A Bloomington attorney and Lincoln scholar has given a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote to a Peoria Attorney, to the Lincoln Library and Presidential Museum in Springfield. It's a window into the mind of Lincoln as a politician and person in transition. Hear a reckoning of the costs of COVID in the things you can't do: lost health and lost opportunity from the pandemic in McLean County. Gardening is good for the body, mind and soul. Sarah Davis sure thought so. The WGLT Datebook takes you on the Glorious Garden Walk at the David Davis Mansion. Hear about the delicious and the dangerous poke sallet. It's tasty but sometimes toxic.

Unit 5 school buses have been running late the first few weeks of school. They're doing better but still need to improve. Pandemic relief money will help McLean County move ahead on technology, roads, and other long running projects. A Bloomington mom fought for months to have her son correctly diagnosed with a rare disease. She says doctors need to be more receptive. And Heartland Theater resumes live in person performances with the classic comedy Tartuffe. The 400 year young play is, about a sanctimonious scoundrel and a wealthy pious gullible guy.