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NORMAL, Ill.- The Normal Town Council held their second town meeting of the month on April. 17. Both council members and the general public were given a presentation by Connect Transit on Monday evening, which covered numerous items under their Fiscal Year 2024 proposal given to the council. Connect Transit General Manager David Braun led […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Bloomington Police Department has identified a person of interest in a series of fires that were purposely set over the weekend. Overnight from April 15 to 16, officers responded to four different fire scenes across the far west side of Bloomington from West Market Street to West Washington Streets. All the […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Town of Normal area held free an Easter Egg Hunt event on April 1. The Town of Normal and the Normal Cornbelters worked in collaboration to make this event possible. Easter eggs, games, and prizes will be provided at the Town of Normal’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. “We usually have games, […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University Police Department has introduced a new educational program called Redbird AWARE that focuses on the safety of all individuals. Redbird AWARE is a two hour long course that welcomes the students and staff of Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal public to […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal Town Council held their first town meeting of the month on April 3. Proceeding along with developments from prior meetings, the Normal Town Council approved the development for the Carden Springs housing plan for nearly 500 units located near Towanda Avenue and Interstate 55. The planned unit development would feature […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland Community College is hosting The Floating World art exhibit until May 11. The gallery combines the work of Nishiki Sugawara-Beda, Erika Shiba, Jenny Knavel and Cathie Crawford. Each submitted work relating to the exhibit’s central theme of existence, with a goal in mind of letting the […]
Photo provided by BloNo Vintage Market NORMAL, Ill. – This Saturday, Illinois Vintage Fest will be a part of the BloNo Vintage Market in Bloomington on April 1 at DESTHIL Brewery. Founders of Illinois Vintage Fest (IVF), Shayne Kelly and Ben Justice, have hosted 11 IVF events all across Illinois. Kelly elaborated on how these […]
NORMAL, Ill. – State Senator Julie Morrison presented a bill amendment to ban e-cigarettes from public places and it has garnered support from both sides of the aisle, as it passed the state Senate in a 48-5 vote with 6 no votes. Senator Morrison spoke on the need for this ban across the state. “A […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Student Government Association (SGA) is working to create an ordinance in Normal that would prevent leasing agencies from walking As it currently stands leasing agents representing any of the student housing leasers around Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University reserve the right to show an apartment to a prospective tenant […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Governor J.B. Pritzker recently visited Heartland Community College to discuss the state’s commitment to higher education investments across the state. Governor Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Stratton, Senator Dave Koehler, Heartland Community College President Keith Cornille, Trustee Rodney Billerbeck II and students who received financial aid from the Illinois MAP grant […]