Fire

Bloomington and Normal have both returned to their former policies concerning recreational fires.

A 72-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Saybrook.

Emergency managers in McLean County have implemented a county-wide ban on open burning until Friday, Sept. 26 because of an increased fire risk.

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.

A 49-year-old man from Metamora has died while ice fishing in McLean County.

The restaurant's signature pies — a Thanksgiving staple for many in Central Illinois — return just in time for the holiday.

Voters in the Mount Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District approved two out of three ballot questions intended to raise additional revenue to improve emergency services in southwest McLean County.

Three ballot questions in the Mount Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District southwest of Bloomington-Normal are intended to help the district better respond to emergencies.

Firefighters extinguished what was determined to be an accidental cooking fire around 3 a.m. Thursday at 410 W. Vernon Ave.