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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Fully Free campaign is a campaign that wants to end permanent consequences for ex-convicts once they get out of prison. On Saturday, October 11th, Fully Free and YMCA hosted a community barbeque, where people could come and learn what the campaign is all about. There were many key speakers, including Mayor […]
Photo Courtesy of Peoria Civic Center Facebook Page PEORIA, Ill. — This upcoming holiday season, Peoria Civic Center welcomes back violinist Lindsey Stirling for a holiday show on Dec. 4. Stirling has attracted over 13 million subscribers along with more than 3 billion views on YouTube. In 2015 Forbes placed Stirling as the highest-ranked female […]
Sugar Creek Arts Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. – McLean County Arts Center and the Town of Normal present the Sugar Creek Arts Festival on October 9th and the 10th. This event will be in its 37th year in Uptown Normal. Sugar Creek Arts Festival is voted number 1 for the Best Readers Choice Award in […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Tears, memories, and the celebration of Jelani Day entered Redbird Arena Thursday night. The family of Jelani Day attended the memorial in which they expressed their thoughts of their late son and brother. Carmen Bolden Day, Jelani’s mother said that she wished she could have done something the day she found out […]
NORMAL, Ill.-On Monday students and residents of Normal gathered together in Uptown after a mural of ISU graduate student Jelani Day was taken down. There were key speakers at the event ranging from residents, employers of the area, students, and more. The community took time to commemorate the life of Jelani Day and Black Lives […]
Photo Courtesy of IDPH Facebook Page SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first human case of rabies in Illinois since 1954. A Lake County man in his 80’s was bitten by a bat in mid-August, it later tested positive for rabies. The man had symptoms of rabies such […]
University Galleries of Illinois State University Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. – University Galleries of Illinois State University is currently presenting ‘T.J. Dedeaux-Norris: Second Line’ from now until December 21, 2021. Dedeaux recounts that her primary inspirations for ‘Second Line’ stemmed from family as well as Hurricane Katrina. Dedeaux practiced institutional critique for this exhibition, a […]
Picture Courtesy of Bloomington Police Department. NORMAL, Ill. – The LaSalle County Coroner identified the body found in IL River on 9/4/21 as Jelani Day. Day was identified through forensic dental identification and DNA testing and comparison. Bloomington Police Department Public Information Officer John Fermon told the media the death investigation remains ongoing with no […]
NORMAL, Ill – Students have finally returned to in-person classes more than a year after shifting to online learning. Amid-COVID-19 cases rising earlier in March 2020 courses moved to zoom and other online outlets across the world at various institutions. Students and staff have not been able to have in-person classes in the past year. […]
Photo Courtesy of OSF Health BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-OSF Healthcare welcomed their new hangar at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Community members gathered last week for a ribbon cutting and blessing ceremony. The hangar will help OSF Healthcare reach people within the community quicker. “Being in the communities that we serve allows us to get to our patients quicker, […]