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Benjamin Owens lost in the Republican primary to retain his County Board District 10 seat. (WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A longtime McLean County Board member is resigning. Repub...

Road projects in Illinois could he stopped if Illinois fails to produce a capitol bill by July 1. (WJBC file photo)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A transportation group w...

 Fifty air conditioners are to be distributed in McLean County to low-income residents. (Carie Kuehn/WJBC) by Carie KuehnBLOOMINGTON – 50 recipients will be able to cool their homes th...

Normal City Manager Mark Peterson. (WJBC file photo)By Carie KuehnNORMAL – The vacant hotel building on North Main Street in Normal will soon be holding a new name.The hotel was originally a She...

(WJBC file photo)By RFD News NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House won’t be meeting Wednesday in Springfield.For the second straight week, House Speaker Michael Madigan has canceled the ...

Police say one man was killed in a crash near Farmer City early Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15) By Eric Stock FARMER CITY – DeWitt County Coroner Randy Rice and Illinois State P...

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood’s measure reforming NITRD won approval in the House.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood) By Eric Stock WASHINGTON – The first bill that freshman U.S. Rep. Darin La...

A majority of the council said they were not interested in the idea. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The idea of Bloomington and Normal splitting sales tax revenue got a “...

More than one hundred people marched against hate in Downtown Bloomington Monday. (WJBC/Terry James)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – Hate will not be tolerated. That was the message more than 100 mem...

This year’s McLean County Relay for Life is scheduled for Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 at Normal Community High School. (WJBC file photo)By Greg HalbleibWhile walkers raise funds to fig...