Poverty

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

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has released a draft of its regional housing recovery plan for public comment. That's supposed to draw a road map for Bloomington-Normal and the region to address housing shortages and housing needs of specific groups of people.

Verneice Prince from Bloomington-Normal is using her own experiences with homelessness to build and expand a nonprofit that helps those most in need, called Cruisin’ Outta Poverty Services.

McLean County's new state's attorney says she hopes the job will give her a better platform to address child welfare issues. Erika Reynolds has been critical of the how Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has handled abuse allegations.

Each state creates its own definitions of abuse and neglect and sets a threshold for when a child should be removed from a home. Is it time to rethink Illinois' definitions?

Those living close to the edge have a lot of fear and uncertainty amid the pandemic. Government responses to the coronavirus pandemic have prompted a…

The United Way of McLean County said it will provide targeted help to reduce financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The United Way has announced…

Roger Folks of Bloomington drove a semi for 46 years. But these days, he’s got nothing to drive.Folks, now 69 with some health problems, has been without…

McLean County added nearly 5,000 people to the poverty rolls in one year. That's one of the reasons McLean is on Heartland Alliance's poverty watch list.…

McLean County added nearly 5,000 people to the poverty rolls in one year. That's one of the reasons McLean is on the Heartland Alliance's poverty watch…