McLean County news briefs
September 25, 2019BLOOMINGTON CPR/AED/First Aid class teaches lifesaving skills Advocate BroMenn Medical Center will offer a Heartsaver® CPR/AED/First Aid class Wednesday, October 9, from 6 to 9:15…
BLOOMINGTON CPR/AED/First Aid class teaches lifesaving skills Advocate BroMenn Medical Center will offer a Heartsaver® CPR/AED/First Aid class Wednesday, October 9, from 6 to 9:15…
BLOOMINGTON State Farm gets offer for former headquarters building A potential buyer has expressed interest in the former State Farm Headquarters building in Bloomington, according…
Farmers and grain buyers are beginning to gain a clearer, more accurate idea of what this year’s highly anticipated corn and soybean harvests will bring. Though corn yields…
BLOOMINGTON Annual Cruise-In invites vehicles of all varieties All makes and models of vehicles from antique to modern are welcome at the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site…
SPRINGFIELD — Catholic protestors rallied at the Illinois Statehouse Wednesday, denouncing lawmakers’ recent expansion of abortion rights and potential votes to further that agenda….
Peoria native Alise Butzen had never been to Camp Wokanda until her parents suggested she look at it as a possible venue for her wedding reception in June. “My parents go out there…
BLOOMINGTON City names new police chief City Manager Tim Gleason announced Dan Donath as his selection for Bloomington’s next Police Chief on Aug. 28. Dan Donath began his career…
Nicole Williamson shudders to think where she would be without the YWCA McLean County’s Labyrinth program. “I don’t know where I’d be at all,” Williamson pondered a recent…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….