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BLOOMINGTON Ill.- An event that showcased during the pandemic is making its way back to Bloomington. Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Athletics Program Manager Neal McKenry mentioned how last year’s drive-thru format and will remain the same for this year’s event. “This year we just decided to keep it as a drive thru. Parents drive […]
Illinois News Broadcasters Association held an event in which they named Bloomington-Normal native and U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger as Illiniosan of the Year. The event primarily consisted of Kinzinger talking about his experience during the January 6 insurrection. During the event, Kinzinger touched on certain topics that occurred during the summer of 2020. He brought […]
Photo Courtesy from McLean County Twitter NORMAL, Ill.–McLean County Health Department is offering mass vaccination clinics for COVID-19 booster shots to those who received Pfizer in as their original doses. The clinics are offered every Thursday — with a few exceptions for holidays such as Thanksgiving – at Grossinger Motors Arena from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. […]
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 […]