The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

Public schools in Illinois are administered and funded on all levels: local, state, and federal. Superintendent Mark Jontry, who oversees schools in McLean, Livingston, Logan, and DeWitt Counties ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.

The state has a map of warming center locations across Illinois. Here is how you can find warming centers in your area. The city of Springfield posted warming center locations and hours on Facebook.

The United States has officially updated its maps to Gulf of America. Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico for some users.

BLOOMINGTON – With the exception of some occasional shots of cold air, this winter has been relatively mild for Central Illinois. In fact, Peoria has only received 7.3 inches of snow so far this ...

Central Illinois is in the cross hairs for a major Winter storm midweek. On Wednesday, an impactful storm will bear down on central Illinois. This dynamic Winter storm will move out from the Nation's ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A strong winter storm will bring moderate to heavy snow to Central Illinois on Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of Central ...

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