Coronavirus

The first COVID vaccines are arriving at McLean County's long-term care facilities at the pandemic's deadliest moment.

McLean County's COVID-19 testing positivity rate continued to worsen on Thursday, reaching its highest level in four weeks.

McLean County health officials announced four more deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday, pushing the county’s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 101.

McLean County is reporting 84 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the community's total probable and confirmed cases to 11,355.

Editor's note: The Joe's Station House hearing, initially set for Tuesday, has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Jan. 5 at Normal City Hall.

The Town of Normal could soon issue its first penalties against a business for violating state COVID rules.

About half of Bloomington-Normal’s hospital workers have already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Monday.

Two new deaths linked to COVID-19 in McLean County bring the death toll to 88, while the county’s hospitals still report 96% of intensive care beds in use.

The first home weekend series of 2021 for the Illinois State men’s basketball team won’t happen as scheduled.

Long-term care facilities in McLean County hope to ring in the new year with the new COVID-19 vaccine.

Bloomington-Normal’s intensive care beds have nearly reached capacity even as the county’s active coronavirus caseload drops to its lowest level in six weeks.

UPDATED 12:20 p.m. | McLean County health officials say the rate of new coronavirus cases has dropped in recent weeks, but they are calling for more vigilance as another holiday approaches.

Lawyers for a Kane County restaurant are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that found the governor’s indoor dining ban was lawfully imposed.

McLean County’s COVID-19 testing positivity rate continues to drop, but hospitalizations and other metrics are trending in the wrong direction.

UPDATED 8:45 p.m. | The first COVID-19 vaccine has officially arrived in McLean County.

UPDATED 7:45 P.M. | McLean County has set a new record for weekly COVID-related deaths, while health officials report progress in some regional metrics and the arrival of a COVID vaccine that for some health care workers. 

Illinois State University will provide its employees with free on-campus COVID-19 testing for the first time, starting next month.

McLean County health officials on Thursday reported eight new COVID-related deaths—a grim new record that echoed a surge in deaths nationwide.

McLean County's retooled COVID relief program has approved its first round of business loans.

The strain on Bloomington-Normal’s hospital capacity eased slightly Wednesday as more intensive care beds became available. But capacity still remains below targets the state of Illinois has set for the coronavirus pandemic.

Bloomington Liquor Commissioner and Mayor Tari Renner issued a $600 fine against Joe’s Pub for a violation of Gov. JB Pritzker’s executive order banning indoor service to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

McLean County Board Chairman John McIntyre isn't counting on any federal stimulus money to provide COVID-19 relief, but said the county is well positioned to handle fiscal uncertainties the pandemic could bring next year.

McLean County health officials said Tuesday four more county residents have died of COVID-19 complications, while hospital capacity has become increasingly strained by a rise in more serious cases.

Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to visit Peoria on Tuesday as OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center employees become the first in Illinois to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.