Bloomington Fire Department

Bloomington city leaders plan to implement a multi-faceted strategy aimed at addressing vacant properties throughout the city over the next several years.

A Bloomington firefighter has died in an off-duty scuba diving accident. Kyle Walder, 31, died Sunday in Kentucky, according to the fire department.

District 87 will implement the ban in the fall, with a structure of tiered consequences for violations. District officials hope teachers and parents will help support it.

Three employees at the Bloomington-Normal YMCA were recognized Monday for heroic actions performed when a patron collapsed while using a rowing machine.

Bloomington firefighters are investigating a second fire that broke out at a commercial building in southeast Bloomington.

Bloomington Fire officials say some good decision-making kept its personnel safe from a partial roof collapse at a strip mall while fighting a fire Thursday night.

Kevin Lopez, a construction worker who lives alone, said he was on a job site when the fire started at his mobile home on Wednesday morning.

The city council rejected increasing the levy that would have contributed millions to fire and police pensions. Funding for both will be drawn from other sources.

The source of the paint spill was a business along Gill Street, according to a statement from the City of Bloomington. The business was not identified.

According to a news release from the Bloomington Fire Department, fire crews were called to the third-floor apartment on Willedrob Drive near Four Seasons Road in southeast Bloomington shortly before 9:30 a.m.