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Housing group in McLean County wants to shelter residents on the streets — in 60 days
Efforts to find temporary shelter for people unsheltered in McLean County — including those in the encampment next to Home Sweet Home Ministries (HSHM) shelter in Bloomington — are ramping up. Officials from Bloomington-Normal shelters, social service agencies, police, fire and municipal government met Monday to brainstorm next...
Severe Weather Outlook: Severe Storms Possible in Central Illinois through Wednesday
Peoria, Ill (WMBD) — A multi-day severe weather outbreak is in progress after severe weather targeted the Plains on Monday. Additional severe weather threats take aim on the Ohio Valley and eventually southern U.S. over the next few days, with Illinois under the threat through Wednesday evening. Key Takeaways.
Reported gunfire delays dismissal at Bloomington elementary school
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Stevenson Elementary School in Bloomington had its dismissal delayed on Tuesday due to reported gunshots in the area. According to a letter sent to Stevenson families, the school activated its Secure Classrooms Protocol due to the reports of gunshots. All the doors to the school were locked but otherwise, classes continued as usual.
Bloomington Police say schoolchildren weren't at risk in separate incidents
Bloomington Police say there was no threat to children or school staff after separate incidents triggered security precautions and disrupted busing Tuesday afternoon and again Wednesday morning. The first incident happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday. It was a shots-fired call in the 1300 block of Dogwood Lane, just three blocks...
Ferrero opens its first North American chocolate processing plant in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Chocolate giant Ferrero is putting their first North America chocolate processing plant in Bloomington. Ferrero added 70,000 square feet to its existing facility a move that will allow it to produce chocolate used in iconic products like Kinder®, Ferrero Rocher®, Butterfinger® and CRUNCH®. To commemorate the $75 million expansion, Gov. JB […]
King Julian to ‘move it, move it’ to a new home at Kansas Zoo
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — King Julian, a ring-tailed lemur, found last year in a Bloomington area garage, will leave Miller Park Zoo for his new home in Kansas. The new zoo, Sunset Zoological Park in Manhattan, Kan., has two other lemurs which were also rescued from inappropriate living conditions. This will give “Julian the opportunity […]
Boxing gym owner teaching people to fight with faith
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — Sid Edwards has been boxing since he was five years old. “I didn’t get the opportunity to go pro. But I had a lot of amateur fights and I had a huge amateur career,” he said. He’s no stranger to the sport thanks...
Normal mayor floats loan interest rate buydown program to address housing shortage
Normal 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. Koos, speaking on WGLT's Sound Ideas, said he's now thinking about low interest buydowns of loans to get housing projects started, if a...
ISU students arrested for pro-Palestinian sit-in appear in court
NORMAL (25News Now) - Seven Illinois State University students who were arrested after staging a pro-Palestinian sit-in outside of the president’s office on Friday and ignoring demands to leave appeared in court this weekend. The hearings were held Saturday morning in McLean County Court. All seven students were charged...
Illinois giving nearly $1 billion to struggling automaker
For the second time, the state of Illinois is giving a hefty tax credit to Illinois electric automaker Rivian Automotive. The EV manufacturer was initially lured to Illinois by $50 million in state tax credits. Now the company will be receiving $827 million to expand operations at its plant in Normal.
Charged for walking in? 'Facility fees' surprise some medical patients
If there's anyone who would notice an additional fee being tacked on to their doctor bill, it would be Julie Teichman. A former medical insurance professional who got her start in the industry in 1991, Teichman says she knows "pretty much the ins-and-outs" of all the fine print on medical bills.
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