Unit 5 News Today

McLean Unit 5 administrators have begun drafting a strategic for the district to follow over the next five years.

Eskom started the new year with unit 5 of embattled Kusile Power Station synchronised to the national grid.

Repairs continued Monday afternoon after a water main break at Chiddix Junior High School led administrators to cancel one day of classes and schedule e-learning for Tuesday.

The Unit 5 Board of Education reviewed the preliminary report on the 2023 tax levy Wednesday evening.

The McLean County Unit 5 school board approved a $216 million spending plan during its Wednesday meeting.

Connect Transit will offer free rides through September for Bloomington-Normal library cardholders in honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month.

Unit 5 agreed to pay $28,500 to a former employee who alleges she was subject to sexual comments and retaliation for reporting it.

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.

Unit 5 leaders spent much of Wednesday’s meeting — the last before the April 4 election — telling a tale of two districts: the one where a referendum passes, and another where it's rejected.

Eskom on Thursday confirmed that sabotage, most likely by its own employees, was behind the breakdowns at the Tutuka power station in Mpumalanga this week.