Ryan Denham

LIVE UPDATES Live blog: Redbird football fans flock to Nashville for championship game The latest reporting from the WGLT team in Nashville as Illinois State University football faces Montana State in the FCS championship game. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m... See more

A $1 million grant will help a company start making popcorn in an expansion that will employ 40 people in a small town between Peoria and Bloomington-Normal. The grant will go to Deer Creek, a town of around 660 people along Interstate 74, to support expa... See more

The Bloomington Bison return to the ice this week after ECHL players and the league ratified their new collective bargaining agreement following a strike that postponed three Bison games. The ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association [PHPA] un... See more

The public is invited to tour Bloomington’s soon-to-open non-congregate shelter village for the unhoused during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony next week. The open house (with guided tours) at The Bridge is set for 3-4 p.m. Jan. 6, followed by t... See more

The public is invited to town hall meetings next week to meet the two finalists to become the next superintendent of Peoria Public Schools. The names of the finalists have not yet been released. The town halls are set for 5:30-6:30 p.m. Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 ... See more