Illinois State University

The 400-plus members of the graduate student workers union at Illinois State University will vote Oct. 4 on whether to strike. Union bargaining team member Trevor Rickerd said the union and university administration remain far apart on economic issues, including pay and mandatory fees of $2,500 for ISU graduate students.

Talk has been swirling on the Illinois State University campus about threats of attempted abductions and other violence. ISU Police Chief Aaron Woodruff said he's concerned students are reaching conclusions based on bad information that preys on their anxieties and fears.

A human resources expert at Illinois State University says the Biden administration's requirement that all staff get the COVID vaccine in companies with 100 or more workers takes the pressure off employers.

Illinois State University enrollment dropped 2% from last year to the current fall term. But there are some encouraging signs.

Two weeks into the fall semester, Illinois State University's student vaccination rate is now 70%. That's up from 61% after the first week of classes.

Bloomington Police said they now have two sets of video of a missing Illinois State University graduate student taken a couple hours apart a week ago Tuesday; in both, he is wearing different sets of clothes.

Gamma Phi Circus is returning to the Sweet Corn Circus Festival this weekend in Uptown Normal.

The new play, "The Hologram in the Mirror," premieres Friday evening in central Illinois and runs through Sunday. It posits artificial intelligence will disrupt the arts.

Illinois Wesleyan University staff and students have even higher vaccination rates than Illinois State University students and staff, and the rates are above the averages for the state and for McLean County.

Nearly 200 faculty, staff, students and community members have signed an open letter urging Illinois State University to “mandate a COVID-19 vaccine” in the same way that the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University have done. On Friday, a top aide to the ISU president said they’ve already done that.