Insurance industry officials defended recent homeowners insurance rate spikes this week, blaming such factors as inflation and climate change while warning that attempts to regulate their ability to set rates would be bad for consumers.

There will be a significant workforce reduction at the Bridgestone Off-the-Road Tire Plant in Normal. Neither the company nor the United Steelworkers union representing workers could provide a precise number of jobs targeted.

Colleen Kannaday has served as president of both hospitals for over a decade and has worked in health care for 30 years.

The new owner of a group of weekly newspapers that includes the Normalite has plans for growth and plenty of optimism about the future of local news – even in print.

Ameren Illinois will give the Town of Normal money to help it implement a transportation electrification plan developed with the utility company.

Four Seasons Health Club will transition one of its two Bloomington facilities from a fitness center into a family-focused recreational space this fall. The building will close Aug. 25 and reopen Sept. 3 as the Four Seasons Legacy Center.

Central Illinois homeowners, renters, and business owners are grappling with sharply higher electricity costs this summer. "I'm going to have to get a second job to pay my electric bill," one homeowner told WGLT.

Sweeping and still-fluid changes to U.S. trade policy and reduced demand for regulatory credits are hurting Rivian’s bottom line, as the electric automaker nears the start of production on a new model in Normal.

Insurance companies operating in Illinois have a transparency problem with state regulators and consumers, four top state officials alleged Wednesday.

Local restaurants are preparing their “un-beet-able" dishes for the upcoming Bloomington Vegan Chef Challenge.