Residents in northern Illinois will experience degraded air quality today as rain brings Canadian wildfire smoke south. Find out the AQI in your area.

As Bloomington grew up, the Thunderbird Motel, with its kitschy midcentury signage, was a local landmark. Soon, the city plans to turn the site where it once stood near Interstate 494 and Hwy. 77 into ...

Answer: The original JC Penney in B-N — that is, before it moved to Eastland Mall and has since also left there — was at the ...

In the heartland of Illinois, where corn stretches to the horizon and practical sensibilities reign supreme, Shannon’s Five Star stands as a testament to what happens when you focus on doing simple ...

Some foods are worth putting miles on your odometer, and the chicken fried steak at Shannon’s Five Star in Bloomington, Illinois, is precisely that kind of destination dish.

That's a wrap on Faces of the Spring. ... Two former Illini now on the Kansas City Royals' roster. ... Chance for area high ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that lanes that have been closed for construction will ...

Multiple Chicago suburbs ranked on U.S. News & World Report's "250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-26," with four Chicago area communities scoring high in metrics like good home value, strong ...

The top two freshmen in ESPN’s final 2025 high school girls’ basketball recruiting rankings will spend next winter in the Big Ten. That both ended up in Los Angeles at Southern Cal and UCLA could make ...

Illinois officials warned locals about a dust ... in places with several accidents reported on I-55. I-55, south of Bloomington, and I-74 near Leroy are CLOSED with closure expansions anticipated.

Oil prices rise as China says it's open for trade talks with US Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns See the first new dire wolf cubs born in ...