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NPR asked 36 people in Democratic-leaning Gwinnett County and Republican-leaning Forsyth County, Ga., what's on their minds heading into the midterms. Their answers are relevant to the entire country.

In the 1980s, when jail was about the only place many suffering mental illness were sent, Judy Buchanan worked with administrators at BroMenn Hospital in Normal to accept and treat those patients.

There will be contested races for two Bloomington City Council seats in the consolidated elections next April, but none will be needed for the Normal Town Council.

Barring any last-minute congressional action, the federal COVID-era waivers that reimbursed school districts for all student meals will expire June 30 — although for some districts, the waivers expired on the last day of school.

The second phase of Peoria Public Schools’ return plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic will bring students in grades 2-4 back to the classrooms starting Oct....

Andrew Wilhoite won close to 22% of the Republican vote in a three-person race for the Clinton Township Board. In March, Wilhoite was charged in connection with his wife's death.

Plans for a new regional 100-bed behavioral health hospital in north Peoria have cleared a key regulatory step.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, who is now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, left the Logan County Sheriff’s Office after complaints were filed alleging misconduct and supervisors suspected he lied on reports.

Reopening schools is a challenge because states have different rules. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Barbara Jenkins, superintendent of public schools in Orange County, Fla., about in-person learning.

Ryan Otto, Normal's director of public works and engineering, presented a list of findings from a pedestrian and roadway campus safety initiative to the town council on Monday.