Education and Family

Parents of students at Glenn Elementary School have taken their pleas to keep the school as it is to the Normal Town Council. Ideally, they would like to see the council release a statement of support for their cause.

The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council and YWCA McLean County are proposing significant public and private sector investment in affordable child care for the community, after a yearlong study.

The four Republican Party candidates for governor of Illinois told a Central Illinois audience Thursday evening they favor property tax caps, pension reform, ending Illinois' status as a "sanctuary state," and rolling back the SAFE-T criminal justice reform act which ended cash bail.

Normal Public Library's main building reopens to the public July 25. It was closed for 16 months for the $6.5 million renovation and asbestos abatement.

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen is urging the public to call Republican lawmakers to protest proposed cuts to food aid and health insurance programs for lower income people.

The Town of Normal wants a homeless encampment removed by the end of the month.

Heartland Head Start interim executive director Chuck Hartseil said it’s not clear what options they would have to sustain programming if Congress were to approve wiping out funding.

Heartland Community College and Millikin University announced a new transfer partnership that will make the transition between schools easier for Heartland graduates.

The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal has cut "55% of its team" as part of the response to a loss of grant funding.

Illinois Wesleyan University's future Petrick Idea Center had a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday where several guest speakers discussed what the center will provide for the campus and local community.