2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (279+ words) The National Weather Service says two of the reported tornadoes that tore through Bloomington last Friday night were in fact one continuous twister. The weather service has updated its assessment of last weekend's storms after further assessing the damage. The…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (191+ words) Five tornadoes struck Mc Lean County on Friday night, according to the National Weather Service " three of them in Bloomington and Normal. All of the twisters that went through Mc Lean County were relatively mild EF1 tornadoes, though two of them…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1274+ words) Standing before a friendly crowd in March, Elon Musk laid out his plan for the future of his companies, and it was literally out of this world. Musk announced that his space-launch company, Space X, which had recently merged with…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (102+ words) Quarter-sized? Golfball-sized? Softball? Bigger? Severe March storms dumped record-breaking hail on Kankakee. And now it's official. It's official. Last Tuesday's severe storms produced the largest hail ever recorded in Illinois. Representatives from the South Carolina-based Insurance Institute for Business & Home…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (482+ words) A powerful thunderstorm that rolled through Central Illinois on Friday night caused numerous downed power lines, leaving thousands of customers without power. Much of Mc Lean County, including Bloomington-Normal, was under a tornado warning as the storm approached shortly before…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (16+ words) The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working? WGLT...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (93+ words) WGLT State Week: The data center debate Data centers are considered the backbone of the internet, providing processing power for technology like AI and cloud computing. But they are also controversial. While they tout jobs and increased property tax revenue,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (284+ words) The City of Bloomington has exited a moderate drought period after weeks of precipitation. A wetter-than-normal March improved water levels at the city's two reservoirs, Lakes Bloomington and Evergreen, which rose more than three feet in recent weeks. The combined…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (831+ words) The City of Bloomington and Central Illinois Regional Airport [CIRA] have both said there are no redevelopment plans at the location rumored to become a data center in southeast Bloomington. One city council member said the city plans to soon…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (379+ words) The City of Bloomington is engaged in a significant planning effort to find ways to expand its drinking water supply, with water director Brett Lueschen saying the city will likely need more water in the future. "We've seen some growth…...