Danvers Fire Department

With a natural gas leak from Nicor ruled out, officials said Thursday they're still looking for the cause of a house explosion and fire in rural Bloomington that's left three people critically injured. A GoFundMe has been set up for the Hoefer family.

Eight people were taken to the hospital early Wednesday after an apparent house explosion on Bloomington’s far western edge. It happened just before midnight at a home along Old Peoria Court.

It was only a matter of days before Dearing Country Farms in rural Danvers was back in operation and owner Brad Dearing was back teaching at University…

An online fundraising effort has been launched for a rural McLean County farming family which lost their home in a fire early Sunday.Fire crews from…