By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington has been recognized as a Tree City USA community by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the 40th year the city has earned the national designation, said Parks & Recreation spokesman Dave Lamb. He said that to be recognized as a Tree City, a community must ...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - School Board members for McLean County's largest district approved changes to the school attendance boundaries at their meeting Wednesday. The Unit 5 board also approved building or renovating another building for a new or renovated building that will serve students from both Brigham an...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Illinois House voted on bipartisan lines to pass the Children's Social Media Safety Act. The bill is designed to limit children's access to social media algorithms that the courts have ruled and scientists have warned are addi...

By NIKOEL HYTREK CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com A House committee got an overview this week of how data centers are driving up energy demand and threatening potential shortfalls in the second of three planned hearings on the matter. The fundamental issue is that data centers have created a sudde...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A popular spot for amusement in the Twin Cities is getting some upgrades, thanks to the local farm bureau. The McLean County Fair, which has been at the same location for 30 years this year, is receiving a $1 million investment from the McLean County Farm Bureau over the next three years. Imp...

By MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois Mparker@capitolnewsillinois Article Summary Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois' housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn't finished. There have been no new homes built in Cairo, Illinois, in at least 30 years. Res...

By NIKOEL HYTREK CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Astronauts just returned from their first voyage around the moon since 1972 and a device built by an Illinois company helped fuel the mission's success. Created and manufactured in Downers Grove, the NASA Standard Initiator, or NSI, i...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Striking Illinois State University employees rallied outside the university's president's office Thursday morning. They showed up early, gathering before the sun rose and by 11 a.m., roughly 100 members of AFCSME Local 1110 and their supporters were outside of Hovey Hall demanding what ...