
Friday, December 30, 2016
Illinois' Temporary Budget Set To Expire

BPD Chief and BLM

Schock Trial Likely Headed For July

Thursday, December 29, 2016
llinois To See 200 New Laws In 2017

Murder Trial Pushed Back

Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Central Illinois Investigators Puzzled By Kidnapping DeatH

State Farm Classic

Afni Will Add 150 New Web Chat Jobs to its Bloomington Customer Engagement Operations in 2017

Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Snow-Shoveling Rules

Quad Cities Congresswoman May Run For Governor

Chicago Police: 57 Shot, 11 Killed Since Friday
Monday, December 26, 2016
State Fair Coliseum Declared Too Dangerous For People

Former Governor Wants President Obama To End Sentence

Gas Prices Up In Illinois
Friday, December 23, 2016
Sloppy Weather To Start The Holiday Weekend

Rauner Wants AFSCME to Pay $2M a Day for Contract Delay

Schock Seeks Delay in Trial

Thursday, December 22, 2016
Former Coliseum Mgr May Face New Charges
The man who used to run Bloomington's city-owned coliseum may be facing new charges from his time at a similar job in Minnesota. Curtis Webb is already facing felony charges in McLean County for spending city money on himself. Yesterday, investigators in Bemidji, Minnesota confirmed they're looking at Webb as well. Police in Bemidji aren't offering specifics about their case, but say the discovered the 'impropriety' after Webb's troubles in Bloomington surfaced.
IL School Funding Update

Man in Morton Library Stabbing Gets 32 Years

e attack last year.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Illinois Exodus Continues

McLean County Board Will Not Move Meeting Times

County board members voted down the suggestion that they move 9 a.m. meetings til 7 p.m. to give the public more of a chance to participate.
A number of Republicans on the board say business can be conducted during the business day.
County leaders add that they've met at 9 a.m. for years, and it's seemed to work so far.
Critics say the idea to move the meetings is about accommodating the public rather than making the day shorter for elected leaders.
In Other Business:
McLean County is the latest to approve tax breaks for Rivian.
All local governments with a claim to the taxes from the old Mitsubishi plant have to agree to give the upstart car company about a half-million dollars in tax breaks for each of the next four years.
Urbana is Now a Sanctuary City

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Secretary of State Will Continue to Send Reminders

Normal Police Warn of Scam

Normal Town Council OK's Property Tax Hike

Monday, December 19, 2016
Lawmaker Wants Seat Belts On School Buses

Report: Fewer Tickets, More Highway Deaths In Illinois

Sunday, December 18, 2016
Closings and Cancellations

County: Livingston
City: Pontiac
Prairie Central Schools - Closed
County: Livingston
City: Fairbury
Gibson City - Melvin Sibley Schools - Closed
County: Ford
City: Gibson City
Heartland Head Start - Closed
County: McLean
City: Bloomington
Heyworth School District 4 - Closed
County: McLean
City: Heyworth
Kiddie Korner Preschool - Closed
County: McLean
City: Normal
LeRoy School District 2 - Closed
County: McLean
City: Le Roy
Olympia CUSD 16 - Closed
County: McLean
City: Stanford
Tri-Valley CUSD 3 - Closed
County: McLean
City: Downs
Unit 5 Schools - Closed
County: McLean
City: Normal
Dangerous Wind Chills
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND-CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON TODAY...THEN WARM TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO FOR THE AFTERNOON. WIND-CHILL VALUES WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT REACHING 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN UNDER 30 MINUTES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA CAN DEVELOP IF PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING IS NOT WORN. AVOID PROLONGED TIME OUTDOORS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Winter Weather Advisory


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY EVENING AS
SNOW THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN BACK TO ALL
SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATE SATURDAY. THE WINTRY MIX MAY BRIEFLY
TURN TO ALL RAIN EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER DURING THE MORNING
HOURS SATURDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT ICING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON UNTREATED
ROADS ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE
ON TOP OF THE THIN LAYER OF ICE ON SATURDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
FOLLOWING THE STORM WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING BELOW ZERO BY
SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
BN by the Numbers

BEC: Hauman Stays on the Mayoral Ballot

Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tax Levy Up For Homeowners in Bloomington District 87

Homeowners in Bloomington are going to pay more for District 87 schools. The school district says the tax rate may drop for homeowners, but the levy percentage is going up. The average 165-thousand dollar house would now pay almost three thousand dollars a year just to District 87 School leaders say they need the money. Bloomington's school board says they've cut all they can. They can't cut any more.
Decision on Challenge to Renner's Campaign Paperwork Expected Friday

Unit 5 Extends Tax Breaks to Rivian

Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Prof Arrested on Gun Charges

Heartland CC Okays Tax breaks for Rivian
Heartland Community College is the latest to give its approval
to a start-up car company to move to town. The Community College
needs to sign-off on the property tax breaks the company says it needs to buy
the old Mitsubishi plant. Heartland's portion of the half-million dollars
a year in property taxes comes to about 42-thousand dollars a year. Unit
5 schools still have yet to approve the tax breaks.
IDOT Eyes Use of Drones

Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Normal Okays Five-Million Dollars For Start-Up Car Company

Schock Says 'Justice Will Prevail' After Court Appearance

Governor Silent On Budget Back-Up Plan

Monday, December 12, 2016
Muftee Announces Bid for 9th Ward Seat

Normal Set to Approve $1M in Incentives for Rivian to Take Over Mitsubishi Plant

Sunday, December 11, 2016
Blaze Leaves 3 Without a Home
Wintry Mix Expected
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 617 AM CST SUN DEC 11 2016 ILZ027-029-031-036>038-043>046-121230- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-MCLEAN-PEORIA-PIATT-TAZEWELL- VERMILION-WOODFORD- 617 AM CST SUN DEC 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN AROUND MIDDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Start-Up Car Company In Talks To Buy Normal Plant

Governor To Lawmakers: Drop Paycheck Suit, Pass Budget

Schock Trial To Stay In Peoria

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