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Appellate court overturns 2023 Woodford County murder conviction, orders retrial

A 21-year-old Washburn woman will get a new trial in Woodford County after the 4th District Appellate Court found her defense attorney's own legal issues presented a conflict.

Three More Test Positive For COVID-19 In Sangamon County

There are 12 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sangamon County, according to Saturday's daily tally from the Sangamon County Department of Public Health and...

Large waves produced by Hurricane Irma crash into the end of a pier Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At the same time this photo was being taken, the hurricane was making landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm.

Irma Weakens But Continues To Batter Florida

The hurricane, which smashed through the Florida Keys earlier Sunday, made landfall again at Marco Island and is churning its way north along Florida's northwest coast. It has weakened to Category 1.

Due in part to supply chain issues, Rivian is only projecting to make 25,000 electric trucks, SUVs, and vans this year – inside a plant that theoretically can make 150,000 per year.

After tough week for stock price, Rivian tries to reassure investors on supply chain issues and Georgia plans

After enduring a week of plunging stock prices, Rivian’s top leaders on Wednesday reassured the market they’ll hit 2022 production targets in Normal and revealed new details about the "R2" line of vehicles that will be made at the EV maker’s second plant Georgia.

A smoker in San Francisco holds a cigarette. If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state to raise the age limit for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21.

California Lawmakers Vote To Raise Smoking Age To 21

If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21.

Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, right, speaks with a Senate staffer a few hours before debating a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board.

Prisoner Review Board reform bill clears Senate

Updated from last year’s bill, it aims to increase transparency of prisoner releases

A crowd waits for the Unit 5 school board meeting to begin Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in the Normal West Community High School auditorium.

Unit 5's continued mask mandate draws ire of crowd at school board meeting

Nearly two dozen speakers aired frustrations during public comments at the Unit 5 school board's meeting Wednesday night, while a sign-waving crowd applauded from their seats in the Normal Community West High School auditorium.

This microscope image from the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research shows human colon cancer cells with the nuclei stained red. Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer at age 45, according to new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Sound Health: Why Colon Cancer Screenings Should Start At Age 45

A Bloomington-Normal doctor says an earlier start to routine colon cancer screenings will save lives.

Olympia High School/Middle School is closed all week and its students are taking classes remotely all week and crews cleanup following last week's fire.

Olympia High School, Middle School students on remote learning this week following fire

The head of Olympia schools says she doesn't know when its middle school and high school building in rural Stanford will reopen following last week's fire.

Records on alternative suspect sought in Bart McNeil murder case

Attorneys for Bart McNeil want police and court records related to McNeil’s former girlfriend, a person the defense has named as an alternative suspect in the 1998 death of McNeil’s 3-year-old daughter.

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