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Authorities say a Normal man failed to show up for the start of his murder trial Monday and is now on the run – and considered armed and dangerous.

UPDATE: Sheriff Matt Lane tells Cities they have put out a state-wide public alert to be on the look out This ...

The Maine South High School Mock Trial team is headed to the national championships in Arkansas next month after winning the state competition.

Superintendent Kristen Weikle also announced Tuesday that McLean County's largest school district will launch a major strategic planning initiative next year.

Maine South High School won its first Illinois State Mock Trial title and qualified for the Mock Trial National competition after competing against 45 high school teams from across the state during an event held March 18-19 at the University of Illinois - Springfield.

Despite reputation and results, Unit 5 schools will make cuts to its highly regarded music programs this fall if a referendum aimed at closing the district's $12 million funding gap fails a second time. Here's a look at the broad impact of cutting fifth grade band and orchestra.

Informally, the candidates are grouped together by their support, or lack of support, for a referendum question on the ballot.

There are more “sides” than is typical in a Bloomington-Normal school board election. Yet all despite those political entanglements, each candidate also has deeply personal reasons for running, in many cases shaped by their own experiences with Unit 5.

Several Unit 5 school board candidates opposed to the referendum say a pivot to more e-learning would save the district millions. District officials and teachers say it's not that simple.

The Unit 5 school board on Wednesday renewed its formal E-Learning Day program, a state-approved plan for how the district approaches remote learning on days when schools can’t meet in person.