Author: Ben Howell
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Across the state of Illinois tomorrow, voters will once again be returning to their local polling places to cast their decisions in the primary elections. McLean County is no exception and voters will have the chance to declare their party and pick a potential candidate for president, the US Congress and many […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Aondover Tarhule, Ph.D., has been chosen to become the twenty-first president of Illinois State University, pending approval by the ISU Board of Trustees. The board made the announcement in a campus-wide email that it intends to pursue him for the position. The board will officially vote on the appointment in a special […]
Photo provided by the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Former Rockette and Broadway performer Chryssie Whitehead is performing her one-woman show this Saturday at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. Whitehead’s career has spanned both stage and screen, professional and amateur. Her show, “In my Own Little Corner: My Work […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Barton McNeil and his defense team presented their case to a judge on Nov. 21 as to why they believe he is owed a new trial in his 25-year long battle to overturn his original conviction. The evidentiary hearing was an attempt on the defense of McNeil in the case of “The […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Undergraduate students at Illinois State University will call upon the Normal Town Council at their November 6 meeting to enact an ordinance for local leasing companies. The proposal in question would require companies such as Young America, SAMI, First Site and others that rent apartments to students to notify the renters before […]
Photo provided by Professor John McHale NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University Professor John McHale has been awarded the Santa Barbara International Diversity Film Script award for his script “Nurses Versus the Virus.” McHale shares the award with his coauthor, Registered Nurse Xavier Jackson. The two met over 15 years ago but recently worked together […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The state of Illinois officially ended cash bail on September 18, implementing the most controversial section of Governor J.B. Pritzker’s SAFE-T Act. The Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act was signed in 2021 but its biggest change to the criminal justice system did not go into effect until this week. […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Former mayor of Bloomington Jesse Smart died at his home in Glendale, Arizona on August 25. He served from 1985 to 1997. Smart was the mayor for 12 years, but he was a public servant for much longer. In 1961, Smart began teaching agriculture and biology classes at Stanford High School, now […]
NORMAL, Ill. – “Lost in Yonkers” by Neil Simon was performed on May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University. The production was directed by Jane Lynch. The play tells the story of Jay and Arty, two brothers who are sent to live with their estranged grandmother […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University alum and Emmy-winning actress Jane Lynch returned to the university on Tuesday. She was welcomed as a guest artist in residence. Lynch is spending her time at ISU gaining director experience, leading several senior dance and theatre students through Neil Simon’s play “Lost in Yonkers.” The play takes place […]