Normal West High School

Normal Community, Normal West and Bloomington High School play in a co-op for girls lacrosse. A new IHSA rule makes it ineligible for playoffs starting in 2027.

Unit 5 was accepted for the News Literacy District Fellowship to provide $30,000 in grant funding over the next three years, beginning in the fall.

A 2017 Normal West High School graduate, Kinley has been around a lot of winning in his young career as a television sports director. While at KSNT in Topeka, Kansas, he covered a Kansas men’s basketball national championship and two Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl wins. Now this: Illinois’ run to the men’s basketball Final Four as sports director at WCIA in Champaign.

A veteran McLean County educator is among seven Illinois finalists for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. Winners receive a $10,000 cash prize, split between the educator and their school.

At least eight community members spoke in support of Matt Chapman, a Normal Community High School civics teacher and girls soccer coach.

A League of Women Voters program on voter engagement Thursday night at Bloomington Public Library included a college students, featuring speakers from Heartland Community College, Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan.

McCade Brown stands tall these days. He toes the pitching rubber at 6-foot-6, 225 pounds, and his recent call-up to the Major Leagues with the Colorado Rockies was a dream realized.

District 87 changed its policy for Bloomington High School that bans cell phones throughout the school day. Unit 5 refreshed its policy to keep student phones away during class in all but a few circumstances.

The revenue from the countywide sales tax will help to pay the debt off, but that will not roll in before the summer when repairs are most needed.

A food distribution that serves hundreds of Bloomington-Normal residents each month is ending.