Author: Joey Delahunty
NORMAL, Ill. – Chris Koos is the incumbent candidate in Normal’s upcoming mayoral election, an office he has held since 2003. During his time as mayor, Koos oversaw the redevelopment of uptown Normal and the construction of the Amtrak station, among many other things. In a WGLT mayoral forum earlier this month, Koos went head-to-head […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Fourth District Appellate Court will soon be meeting in the Bone Student Center to decide on developments in two high profile murder cases. Barton McNeil and Jamie Snow are both Bloomington residents who were convicted of separate murders, and both have been undergoing long fights to prove themselves innocent. McNeil was […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University has canceled its plans for a new residence hall, but other housing options are still in the works. University President Aondover Tarhule announced that the project was not moving forward at the State of the University address last semester. According to University Housing Services Assistant Marketing Director Hillary Campos, […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A series of antisemitic flyers were posted around downtown Bloomington this past weekend. The flyers were posted at various businesses with no clear direction, save for the one posted at the office of the McLean County Democrats. The posters had many targets, including the Biden Administration, feminism and Blackrock, a large investment […]
Photo courtesy of VisitBN BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – An exhibition called “The Harlem Renaissance: as Gay as it was Black” will be opening at Jazz Upfront, a Bloomington jazz bar, on Jan. 17. The exhibition is a joint effort between the local organization, the Prairie Pride Coalition (PPC) and the national Stonewall Foundation. According to PPC […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s budget is looking a little different than it has in years past, but university officials claim we’re still in good financial standing. Last month, President Aondover Tarhule announced the formation of a Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability and Excellence (RISE) task force, which will be in charge of the reductions that […]
NORMAL, Ill. – WGLT hosted an open house for local voters and political candidates on Wednesday, Oct 2. The event was in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center, and in addition to the candidates, it also featured the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, ISU’s Center for Civic Engagement and the Student Government […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan University BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan University has started offering direct admission to qualifying seniors at local high schools. As of Sep. 16, seniors at Bloomington High School, Normal Community High School, Normal Community West High School, University High School and Central Catholic High School now have the chance to […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Crime has not particularly increased in the community according to the Normal Police Department. Several incidents in the community have recently caught the attention of the public, such as the hate crime in late August near the Bone Student Center, the gunfire striking a Starbucks in Bloomington last week, or the body […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Bloomington Public Safety and Community Relations Board (PSCRB) held a meeting addressing the murder of Sonya Massey on Aug. 28. Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old Black woman who was murdered by an on-duty Springfield police officer in July. Following her killing, the national conversation on police accountability and racism in police […]