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Quincy Cummings (far left), Mayor Tari Renner (middle left), U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (middle right) and Chief Brendon Heffner (far right). (Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – B...

Daisy is a Mare Pony up for auction. (Courtesy McLean County) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – Four horses are up for bid in McLean County. Three of those horses were surrendered to the county follo...

State Representative (R) Tom Bennett thinks legislators need to consider a two year budget. (WJBC file photo) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – It may be a long shot, but Illinois lawmakers could hav...

(WJBC File Photo) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – Terrell Hibbler, of Normal, has been convicted by a McLean County Jury on one count of armed robbery and one count of resisting an officer. The...

Brian Petersen has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents. (pool photol)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington man accused of kill...

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs (left) and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis held a news conference at Illinois State University on Thursday. (Photo courtesy Rodney Davis)By Eric StockNORMAL – Republican ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner was among the dignitaries who participated in the Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade on Thursday. (Photo courtesy governor’s press office)By RFD Radio/WFMBSPRINGFIELD – ...

Pensions are blamed for Illinois’ history of unbalanced budgets according to a business economist who has studied the state’s finances over the last two decades. (WJBC file photo)By Greg B...

OSF St. Joseph is one of the drop off spots for the shoe drive. (WJBC file photo) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – For 14 years OSF has been collecting shoes for those in need at Home Sweet Home Min...

Wells claims the sex was consensual. (Brian Turner/Flickr) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – A McLean County jury has acquitted a 24-year-old former Illinois State University student of sexual assaul...