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Students at Bloomington, Normal Community and Normal West high schools aren't usually teammates on their field, but there's one exception. The three schools are part of a co-op lacrosse program.

Often called Introduction to Education or Education 101, the courses are aimed at giving juniors or seniors a chance to see if they want to pursue a career in education — and they’ve also been touted as a means of reducing the teacher shortage, as well as diversifying a heavily white profession.

For the newly indoctrinated to the boys basketball state tournament -- and we know there are a lot of you out there who have caught the fever this year because of our local teams successes -- here is a your handy little step-by-step primer of how it works and how it may play out.

Over 3,000 students and close to 7,000 spectators from across the state came to Hancock Stadium in Normal on Saturday for the Illinois State Marching Band Championships.

Over 3,000 students and close to 7,000 spectators from across the state came to Hancock Stadium in Normal on Saturday for the Illinois State Marching Band Championships.

Normal West and Normal Community high schools are proving there’s a lot more to music this Halloween than “The Addams Family” and “Monster Mash.”

The first female high school wrestler in Illinois history is asking Unit 5 schools to add girls coaches to the wrestling program.

COVID cases and quarantines are declining in District 87, as they are in McLean County. According to the District 87 COVID dashboard, nine students tested positive and 29 students were quarantined after being identified as a close contact to a positive case last week.

Sarah Nardi / WGLT A jury in Minneapolis last week found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd. As the verdict was read, people outside the courthouse and around the world seemed to sigh in collective relief. Some measure of justice, it seemed, had been served. Speaking to a crowd gathered Sunday in front of a mural of Floyd on Bloomington’s west side, Cana Brooks said that just as it had for others, the verdict brought her a sense of reli...

Watch: Freshman Allie Ince Wins 800m With Late-Race Kick Mar 1, 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA -- Freshman Allison Ince of Bloomington Normal Community (IL) ran a time of 4:50.54 in the mile on Sunday at adidas Indoor Nationals, and then about an hour later ran in the championship final in the girls 800m. Coming from behind in the half-mile, Ince surged to the front to grab her second victory of the day in 2:09.42. Her performance ranks US No. 5 all-time for the freshman class and US No. 7 th...