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The Promise Council is one of 40 organizations receiving a $25,000 grant from State Farm Neighborhood Assist.Linda Bowman, vice president of Promise…

McLean County schools have asked teachers and staff to share if they have received the vaccine, but say it is only voluntary.

Author Terry Pratchett once wrote, "No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away."This story is about the first of those…

A growing number of school-age children have experienced some form of trauma or emotional difficulty. That often translates into behavioral problems both…

A Bloomington-based nonprofit and lead for a federal program geared toward ending homelessness missed a grant application deadline. Now, McLean County social services organizations are feeling the effects of missed funding opportunities.

State and Bloomington-Normal Economic Development officials have found a probable buyer for the former Mitsubishi auto plant.The Department of Commerce…

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason says everything has a cost and the city has only so much borrowing power. Gleason says if the council chooses more underground infrastructure work after the flood it might delay other big projects. The start of school is coming up fast and districts are getting desperate for bus drivers. They say they'll beg, borrow, or steal drivers wherever they can. Some schools say this is the worst bus driver shortage they have ever seen. Plus circus route books shed light on discrimination in popular culture. Hear about a new digital exhibit at ISU's Milner Library. And new data comparing a decade of inmates at the McLean County adult and juvenile jails could help shape social service programs.

Two 13-year-olds being detained in McLean County Juvenile Detention Center face weapons charges and resisting a peace officer.

The Mayor of Normal warns looming federal limits on water system phosphorus emissions could be a development killer if area residents have to pay for 160-million-dollars in improvements without federal help. There are a lot of pets turned in to shelters in McLean County right now. But the reason for the furry glut might not be post pandemic pet purging after all. And a soon to be abolished tent city on Bloomington's west side raises the profile of the homeless in the twin cities.

The McLean County Emergency Management Agency usually spends a lot of time preparing for disasters. But most of the last year and a half have been consumed by, well, emergencies. And they're shorthanded. A great tune and a little reinvention has kept this opera popular for nigh on 300 years. MIOpera begins its season in Bloomington Normal with the Barber of Seville. And, the band Good Morning Bedlam has close harmonies on stage and in the rest of their lives.