Joann has not given a date for closing 533 stores, including 20 in Indiana. The closures are part of the chain's second bankruptcy filing this year.

Micheal Mosley, vice president of the YMCA Board of Directors and head coach of Bloomington High School's boys' basketball, ...

BLOOMINGTON — Parking bans have been issued in LeRoy, Bloomington and Normal ahead of the incoming winter storm. LeRoy Police ...

It is the first time Illinois has beaten Indiana in Bloomington since 2012. Illinois now has a two-game winning streak against Indiana after snapping a 16-game losing streak that dates back to 2013.

Micheal Mosley was sworn in to fill the empty Ward Two council seat on the Bloomington City Council on Monday. Mosley was ...

Bloomington’s newest council member says affordable housing and infrastructure are two of his top priorities for the city.

Find out the location of Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal Airport on United States map and also find out airports near to Bloomington/Normal, IL. This airport locator is a very ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

A new study commissioned by the city mapped the severity of extreme heat and poor air quality around Bloomington to focus mitigation efforts. Bloomington’s Assistant Director of Sustainability ...

Three years ago, St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Bloomington welcomed a Syrian refugee family through Exodus Refugee Immigration, Susan Kinzer told the crowd of 60 at the “Supporting Immigrants on ...

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