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Photo provided by Heartland Community College NORMAL, Ill. – The Heartland College Foundation is hosting a comedy event to raise money for support programs and scholarships for the community. The “FunnyRaiser” will be held this Friday, Feb. 23 starting at 7 p.m. The location of this event is at the Astroth Community Education Center at […]
Story written by Logan O’Brien BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – After a successful Jazz Festival at Illinois Wesleyan University earlier this month, Director of Jazz Reginald Lewis Ph.D., has plenty of events for his jazz students and explains why teaching jazz is important today. As Director of Jazz, Lewis stays busy as he has the role of […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The town of Normal held their second council meeting of the month on Feb. 19. A recent change in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agencies regulations will push Normal to replace all the remaining lead service water pipes within the town. Director of the Water Department John Burkhart presented to the council Monday night, […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is in the process of selecting a new university president following the sudden resignation of former president Terri Goss Kinzy last year. The finalists for the position will be speaking at public forums throughout the rest of February with the first occurring on Feb. 19 featuring Interim President Aondover […]
Image courtesy of the Town of Normal NORMAL, Ill. – After prior orientation and planning, the Town of Normal has launched their Vision 2050 Sustainability Plan feedback survey for members of the community to partake in. “Its the vision of what those citizens would like the town to look like twenty five years in the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Redbird Philanthropy Week, Feb. 19-23, serves as an opportunity for Illinois State students to learn the impact of philanthropy on their college experience. Senior Managing Director of Annual Giving and Philanthropy Engagement Jillian Nelson expanded on the week’s events and importance of donors. “There are a […]
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 […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Director of Business Attraction for the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council Casey Peterson has been recognized as an emerging leader for local business and has been awarded a scholarship to support his professional growth. The Mid-America Economic Development Council awarded Peterson their 2024 Bob Ady Scholarship. Peterson’s […]
Photo provided by Katherine Murphy BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The City of Bloomington is hosting the second open house for the Downtown Streetscape event on Tuesday, Feb. 13 from 4-6:30 p.m. This event is an initiative for all members of the community to help reshape Downtown Bloomington. The public can attend this free of charge to […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Last weekend, the Jelani Day Foundation held their second annual memorial dinner for the late Illinois State University graduate student. In 2021, Day was studying speech pathology and he went missing before eventually being found dead weeks later. Now, the Jelani Day Foundation aims to keep his memory alive and help people […]