Normal West

Starting next fall, there’ll be no more sports or clubs for Unit 5 junior high students — no sports teams for freshmen, and no band/orchestra for fifth-graders.

A call for change echoed through the streets of Normal on Wednesday night. For parents, students, and teachers, that change should begin in…

The first day of Jasmyn Jordan’s sophomore year in high school was memorable. As she entered her history class at Normal West, she had her first racist…

Bloomington-Normal organizers are looking to build on the momentum of four straight days of peaceful demonstrations against racism and police brutality.…

The coronavirus has ripped away many things from many people, including high school seniors.Normally, Bloomington-Normal’s seniors would now be enjoying…

With healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment has become vital to keep them safe. While masks are one…

Normal West students say their trip to Iowa has changed their views on the leading Democratic presidential candidates—and possibly the course of their own…

Longtime Normal West basketball coach Brian Cupples has announced his resignation.Cupples led the Wildcats to a 256-243 record and four regional titles in…

Normal West has become the latest intercity school to put its chess program on the map.Three of the top chess programs in Bloomington-Normal all have one…

Two weeks after a Unit 5 school bus transporting a JV girls basketball team collided head-on with a semi-truck traveling the wrong way on Interstate 74,…