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One year after much of the economy reopened and expanded jobless benefits ran out, many manufacturers still can't find enough workers. Business leaders from across the state are trying to figure out how to rebuild and retrain the post-pandemic workforce.

The Peoria County coroner said an 8-year-old girl who was involved in a major crash on Interstate 55 on Friday has died.

McLean County will consider whether to permit construction of a solar farm that the county has already approved twice before.

$500,000 in pandemic relief money from the Town of Normal will help a not-for-profit agency that offers service to those with disabilities get a new facility and expand programs.

Extra funding is on the way for three parks and outdoor projects in Bloomington-Normal. The money is coming from the State Farm Century of Good Grant.

The donor was an alumnus of ISU, but otherwise wished to remain anonymous.

At Hope United Methodist Church in Bloomington on Pentecost Sunday, a large number of seats were filled, with still even more people tuned into the livestream, for a drag-led service that preceded an outdoor drag show.

Applications are open for a scholarship to help students pursuing a career in education. The Mary Rohrscheib teaching scholarship will award $1,000 to the winning applicant for school expenses.

New fillings in a lawsuit against Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi claim Rossi paid millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit against a former business partner partly to conceal offensive text messages.

Recent mass shootings across the nation are prompting discussions about what Congress should do to limit gun violence. The war in Ukraine also remains a hot subject in the headlines. Republican Rep. Darin LaHood, who represents parts of Greater Peoria, shares his insight on these current events.