McLean County News

Mother Nature has turned on the A/C, but after last week's heat, we know this cool weather won't last.

A central Illinois judge will allow DNA testing of blood and hair that a 42-year-old man hopes will clear him in his father's 1991 murder.

While Springfield lawmakers wallow in their budget woes, a local elected official is crying foul over what he says is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

The McLean County Coroners Office reports how a Danvers woman died this weekend in a twoa 'car collision.

A two-vehicle accident took the life of a rural Danvers woman and injured other passengers.

The group that owns Adlai Stevenson's boyhood home plans to sell the central Illinois dwelling because it can't afford the upkeep.

Bloomington and McLean County Police are working together after four shootings took place Sunday night .

A panel of doctors says nothing in Michael Connolly's medical history should have tipped a judge or others to the possibility that he'd kill his sons and then himself.

A hearing is being held in McLean County Circuit Court to determine if a man who has been held in a facility for the sexually dangerous since he was 15 years old should be released.

Many school districts nationwide are suffering in the midst of a failing economy.

The Illinois Department of Tourism reports more people are visiting Central Illinois.

David McAloon, a self-described Reagan Republican conservative from Bourbonnais, has announced his candidacy to run for the 11th District's Congressional seat now occupied by U.S. Rep.

In a cell phone conversation during a police pursuit that ended in his death Jan.

No criminal charges will be filed against two central Illinois police officers and a state trooper who fatally shot a robbery suspect following a high-speed chase.

A Texas company wants to more than double the size of a central Illinois wind farm and hopes to start work on the project next year.

A McLean County agency that provides employment and job training for the disabled now has more room for expanding its services.

Members of one political action group say they want to make sure Congress' new energy bill brings a fair share of jobs to McLean County.

Health officials have confirmed McLean County's first case of swine flu. The McLean County Health Department on Wednesday announced that a 55-year-old man tested positive for the virus earlier this week.

The Illinois director of health is reminding residents to keep their guard up with regards to the H1N1 flu and to continue taking preventive actions.

With the economy and now rising gas prices, many are looking for affordable adventures this summer within a shorter driving distance.