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Student test scores continued to fall last year, but new data shows Illinois’ students are on the path to recovering from the learning loss that occurred during the pandemic.

A fundraiser is being organized this weekend to help cover the funeral costs for a Bloomington 8-year-old, who was killed last week in a Maryland highway crash.

Police responded to Del Norte High School around noon Wednesday regarding reports of shots fired near or in the school parking lot.

Police responded to Del Norte High School around noon Wednesday regarding reports of shots fired near or in the school parking lot.

Originally published on April 14, 2021 11:03 pm Members of the McLean County Board of Health said Wednesday that its a priority to maintain the county’s full COVID-19 contact tracing program. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has OKd extending the program through Dec. 31. County health department administrator Jessica McKnight explained, however, that current funding wont cover the 50-person staff through that date. During Wednesday’s board meeting, she and the departments...

Credit Michele Steinbacher / WGLT Bloomington District 87 will direct some of its upcoming federal COVID relief funding to launch a new program melding summer school and summer camp models.  The all-day, three-week program really expands the concept of summer school, and opens it up to any District 87 student, Assistant Superintendent Diane Wolf said during Wednesday’s school board meeting.  “This is a very unique way of looking at a summer enrichment program,” she said, that goes way...