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Photo courtesy Bloomington PD BLOOMINGOTN, Ill.- The McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder is releasing the following information regarding a fatality from the incident that occurred in the 1600 block of Iowa St. on October 12th, 2020. Pronounced dead at 4:31 p.m. Oct. 12th, at OSF St. Joseph’s Medical Center was 20-year old, Bloomington man Jaleel […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State’s Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is working on educating students and first-time voters on the election. After multiple events for National Voter Education week, events will continue to prepare students for the election. Last week they partnered with multiple organization to host a variety of events. This included […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- The Bloomington City Council was presented with a plan to extend the Constitution Trail last night. The Council was asked to vote on an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Grant that would fund the construction for the project. The extension of the trail would go from Lafayette Street to Hamilton Road. It would give […]
Photo courtesy to ISU Facebook page NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University has decided not to cancel Spring break for the Spring 2020 semester. In an email update sent out by the University, the decision was based on the findings of the spring break survey sent students, faculty and staff. The start of the spring […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Democratic Socialists of America in Bloomington organized a vigil last week on the night of a city council meeting calling on the town to enact the “Welcoming Cities Ordinance”. This is not the first time the city has heard of this ordinance. Two years ago, both Normal and Bloomington were given […]
Photo courtesy to Vision Point Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- A Bloomington eye clinic thought their major merger and moving into a new building last August would be the only challenges they would face this year. The pandemic isn’t just blinding hope, but causing a worldwide glass shortage. Vision Point has over 100 employees and countless […]
Photo courtesy to OSF Healthcare NORMAL, Ill.- Despite doctors and scientists encouraging people everywhere to wear masks in order to stop the spread of COVID-19, it has become a somewhat controversial topic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many different variations of face coverings used as masks. There are cloth masks, disposable […]
Photo courtesy Kathy Michael Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- On Sept. 22, representatives of Illinois Wesleyan, Heartland Community College and Illinois State met to discuss getting students to vote this November. Local colleges are participating in the All In to Vote Challenge. This is a nonpartisan effort to encourage college students to pledge to vote. On […]
Photo courtesy to Black Lives Matter Blono Chapter NORMAL, Ill.- Following the grand jury’s findings in the Breonna Taylor case, the Illinois State University President Office sent out a statement via email to express his heartbreak for the injustice. “It pains me to address our campus community in response to the relentless acts of violence against […]
Photo courtesy to National Geographic NORMAL, Ill.- With wildfires increasing, hurricanes dominating southern parts of the nation and climate change surging, a group of Illinois State environmental and students students started a Fossil Free ISU Campaign to request the ISU Foundation, the people who oversee ISU’s investments, to divest from fossil fuels. “These steadily worsening […]