Halloween

October isn't just for horror movies and Christmas isn't the only holiday with decorations. Many in Bloomington-Normal go all out for Halloween.

Most haunted houses and fright fests have closed for the year, but there are still plenty of ways to celebrate Halloween on a school night.

The country's longest-running Dave Matthews cover band returns to Bloomington. The band is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Matthews' debut studio album, "Under the Table and Dreaming."

Saturday is the final day for Rader Family Farms' B.Y.O.Flashlight night maze.

Bobzbay and Red Raccoon Games in downtown Bloomington will host Tomes of Terror on Saturday. It's their first-ever horror fiction convention and multi-author book signing. WGLT spoke with Sue Rovens, an indie writer from Normal who is one of 11 authors being featured at the event.

The “Halloween” movies take place in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Clues sprinkled throughout the movies reveal that if Haddonfield really existed, it would be located near Pontiac right along Interstate 55. Other hints suggest it’s something of a doppelganger for Bloomington-Normal.

Acclaimed director John Carpenter talks to WGLT about finding his second career as a musician, including the score for the new film "Halloween Ends."

It doesn't take much to scare people. And that's good news for the creative minds behind Milner Library's 2-Sentence Horror Story contest.Illinois State…

John Ackerman of Ackerman Family Farms in Morton admits he feared COVID-19 would threaten the commercial viability of the fall pumpkin season.

McLean County has reached a new record with 13 COVID-19 hospitalizations, up two from Thursday.The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) said Friday two…