Charlie Schlenker

The upcoming Bloomington mayoral race between incumbent Mboka Mwilambwe and former State Rep. Dan Brady may hinge more on style and vision than on big differences on the issues.

Mayor Chris Koos has moved slightly off of his generally free market stance on development projects that could reduce the community housing shortage for mid-tier workers.

A federal judge has sentenced a Bloomington couple to prison for having and conspiring to sell an illegal opioid drug called para-fluorofentanyl, a Schedule I analgesic.

Even for those who are on board recycling in McLean County there's confusion about what can be recycled , and perhaps some laziness about contamination.

The Town of Normal is helping the National League of Cities observe its centennial. A century ago, most mid-sized and small cities and towns were agriculture support centers, in essence market towns.

A citizen petition has required the City of Bloomington Township to consider a potential referendum on stopping military aid to Israel over the war in Gaza.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is moving to put its housing recovery plan into practice.

Nearly a third of the world's population (29%) lives in countries that are not free. Another 28% live in partly free countries. That's according to the nonpartisan think tank Freedom House. And the trend is not encouraging as more countries slide away from democracy and autocracies replace existing governmental systems.

A 58-year-old Farmer City man has pleaded guilty to swindling boat owners and banks out of about $4.7 million.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has finished its Regional Housing Recovery Plan to address shortages in housing, workforce housing, mixed-use housing, affordable housing, and housing for the housing challenged.