Charlie Schlenker

The state of Illinois is giving the Central Illinois Regional Airport $3 million to build an air cargo road. The grant is for half the $6 million estimated cost of the project. A federal grant and airport money will make up the rest.

Amtrak is performing very well nationally, according to an Illinois-based member of the board of the nation's passenger rail service. Illinois numbers were not as accomplished, according to Amtrak records.

There are reports of internet service outages in Bloomington Normal. Metronet reports disruptions. Down Detector has recorded potential problems with Xfinity.

After a pause, wind farm development could take a step forward in McLean County , according to County Board Chair Elizabeth Johnston . A battery energy storage system is moving ahead in McLean County. And rural Connect Transit riders will have to pay a fare.

A clean audit of the McLean County Mental Health and Public Safety Fund won't wipe away all the disagreements over how the county spends sales tax money shared by Bloomington and Normal.

Last week's thunderstorms won — if you can call it winning — over April tornadoes in at least one category of destruction measured by the Town of Normal

Bloomington-Normal groups are having early conversations about creating a Tourism Improvement District that would impose fees of up to 5% for hotel and short-term rental guests.

A bad odor detected over a wide stretch of McLean County north of Bloomington-Normal came from a Nicor utility chemical release, according to the Hudson Fire Department.

655 phone calls came into Bloomington and Normal emergency call centers during recent thunderstorms and high winds . The flood of calls overloaded dispatchers at certain points during the height of the disaster. The system was stressed but functioned as designed.

Jurgens said a long public forum on data centers this week was just the early part of the discussion about data center policy.