Connect Transit

A former dispatch supervisor claims she was fired and discriminated against for a medical disability resulting from pregnancy.

Normal City Manager Pam Reece said the town will keep a watchful eye on the spring legislative session in Springfield.

Bloomington's mayor has a concern about Connect Transit taking on rural transportation in McLean County after the county ended its agreement with Show Bus, saying he doesn't want the new initiative to detract from existing services.

McLean County is dropping Show Bus for rural public transportation and directing its grant funding to the service that operates public busing in Bloomington-Normal.

A Bloomington business owner said Monday the downtown post office will move into a portion of his building in the 300 block of Main Street downtown.

The Uptown Station Amtrak stop in Normal is the second busiest in the state with 10 passenger trains a day coming through on the Chicago-to-St. Louis corridor.

The McLean County Board unanimously passed a resolution in support of protecting the Mahomet Aquifer, a source of drinking water for many communities in Central Illinois.

The city manager for the Town of Normal says it will take a long time to fully implement the newly-approved sustainability plan.

The city council on Monday approved contributing its $450,000 portion for architectural and engineering services for the new parking garage and Connect Transit transfer center.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday approved a reimbursement of just over $450,000 to Connect Transit for architectural and engineering services for its proposed downtown transfer center and parking garage.