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Illinois State Police (ISP) District 8 Commander, Chad Peterson, announced that District 8 Troopers will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Peoria and Tazewell Counties during the month of June.

OREP allows the ISP to target an area with saturation...

Alice Ann Colvin, 85 of Chenoa, died at 7:15am, Saturday, May 23, 2020 at her residence in Chenoa.

Cremation rites have been accorded and an inurnment will be held at a later date in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery, Chenoa.  Memorials may be made to the Chenoa United Methodist Chu...

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is introducing a measure, Senate Bill 3993, to expedite the reopening of business in Illinois in the safest, most equitable way possible.

The legislation, sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), directs the Illi...

Gov. Pritzker has withdrawn emergency rules which many said would harm the business community.

The Illinois Department of Public Health decided to pull the governor’s emergency rules which would have allowed business owners to be charged with a Class A misdemeanor, whic...

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Coroner Dr. Kathy Yoder has released more information on a fatal crash involving a single motorcycle which occurred Saturday on Hamilton Road in Bloomington, near State Farm Plaza South.

David L. Peterson, 47, of Bloomington was pronounced de...

Marilyn M. Schopp, 86 of Chenoa, died at 2:42 pm, Sunday, May 17, 2020 at her residence in Chenoa.

Private family graveside services will be held in Calvary Cemetery, rural Chenoa; with a Memorial Mass to be scheduled at a later date at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Che...

PONTIAC – A flood warning continues for the Vermilion River at Pontiac downstream to Route 23 near Streator.

The warning remains in effect until Tuesday morning, according to a public safety announcement from the Pontiac Fire Department. The river stage was 16 feet at 1...

BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Coroner’s Office and Bloomington Police are investigating a fatal crash which occurred over the weekend involving a motorcycle on Hamilton Road near State Farm Plaza South.

Authorities were notified of a death at the address early Saturda...

While some Illinois counties are taking certain stances on the governor’s COVID-19 response, it appears Livingston County is staying neutral for now.

“We need to digest what’s out there,” Livingston County Board Chair Kathy Arbogast said at the start of Thursday’s regul...

BLOOMINGTON – Very little information is being released about the death of a Bloomington Police officer.

In a news release issued Thursday, the department said the officer passed away this week due to health complications from an ongoing battle with cancer.

“Out of respe...