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Photo provided by the Normal Police Department NORMAL, Ill. – Matthew Listman, 21, was reported missing in Normal on Thursday January 26. On Friday, he was found by a creek and pronounced dead. The Illinois State University student was last seen alive at 10:15 p.m. on the 26th near North Main Street and Orlando Avenue […]
Photo provided by McLean County NORMAL, Ill. – While McLean County Unit 5 students only had a half day at school on Tuesday, January 31, droves of parents, teachers and students crowded into Normal West High School to attend a special board meeting later that evening. Over 400 individuals tuned in for a livestream of […]
Photo provided by the Bloomington Police Department NORMAL, Ill. – The Bloomington Police Department has teamed up with a program to help build trust in the community by offering vouchers rather than citations. Bloomington PD Public Information Officer Brandt Parsley explains what the Lights On! Program is all about. “Lights on is a program funded […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Earlier this week, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB4664, a sweeping reproductive rights and gender affirming care omnibus bill that protects health care providers and their patients from legal attacks by neighboring states and expands health care access and options across the state. The act takes major steps to expand access by guaranteeing […]
NORMAL, Ill. – On Monday Jan. 16, various buildings across the Illinois State University campus experienced major power outages. Despite the vast area covered by the outage, ISU electricians worked to restore power to the affected areas of campus within the day. At around 2 p.m. on Monday, an emergency alert was issued from ISU […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal Town Council held their second town meeting of the month on Jan. 17, 2023. Continuing from the developments of the previous council meeting, the Normal Town Council moved to approve the annexation for 36 acres of land for the development of 477 units of luxury multifamily housing. The plot of […]
NORMAL, Ill. – At the University of Illinois-Springfield and at the Old State Capitol, the new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in on Jan. 11th. There were new faces and old, with new members being celebrated, including the newest representative of the 91st District, Sharon Chung (D), who is a Democrat from Bloomington-Normal. Other notable […]
NORMAL, Ill. – In a town surrounded by corn and college students, Mass VR provides a portal to not only first-person interactive gaming, but a new wave of technology. From Mario Bros. to Metroid, gaming has been a household staple throughout the 2000s, but in the last few years a whole new perspective of gaming […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Carden Park Playground Area has officially been reopened this week after additions to the playground were made. The 5-acre park that connects to Constitution Trail was originally created through a cooperative partnership with McLean County Unit 5 School District. The Normal Parks and Recreation department added much needed accessibility to the […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill – Businesses in downtown Bloomington came together once again to celebrate the once a month First Friday event. As the sun set on December 2nd, businesses in Bloomington lit their trees and put on costumes to celebrate this month’s theme of “Once Upon a Holiday”. One such business was La La Boutique, owned […]