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The announced closure of Lincoln College is an example of a challenging time in higher education, says the president of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Georgia Nugent used to work at the Council of Independent Colleges, a group of about 700 mostly smaller and liberal arts institutions that has tracked a half century of issues facing largely private liberal arts colleges.

The head of a large long-term care company based in Bloomington said lawmakers did good work on nursing home reform in the spring session. One bill, more than a year in the making, will annually put $700 million more into the revenue stream (HB 246).

A deal has apparently been struck that could put someone else in charge of Reditus Labs as embattled CEO Aaron Rossi faces lawsuits and criminal charges – although the details of the change remain hidden from public view.

The new police chief for the Town of Normal is the current assistant chief, Steve Petrilli.

Curt Meine will visit Illinois State University on Thursday to deliver a lecture on conservation in a time of rapid social and environmental change.

Lincoln College has served many first generation college students and many Black students as well, making it eligible for a federal designation as a primarily Black institution, or PBI.

Illinois State University's Athletics Department broke ground Saturday on the long-planned $11.5 million new indoor practice facility.

A man is dead following a shooting in Bloomington shortly before midnight on Friday. It’s at least the fifth Bloomington gun homicide of 2022.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has filed a seven-count complaint against Aaron Rossi, accusing him of writing unauthorized prescriptions and spending company funds without approval during his time at Central Illinois Orthopedic Surgery.

It's been nearly three months since Heartland's Board of Trustees voted in favor of establishing a new public safety department that would end the college's longstanding practice of contracting out its security workers.