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Image Courtesy of McLean County NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois 88th House District seat is up for grabs with two Central Illinois natives vying for the spot. The local farmer and current McLean County board member and the businesswoman from Decatur will face off in the primary elections. Chuck Erickson and Regan Deering are both […]
Image Courtesy of the City of Bloomington NORMAL, Ill. – The City of Bloomington and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) held an event this week to present upcoming transportation projects impacting the community. The presentation was held on Feb. 26 and was open to the public for viewing. The informative session provided residents with […]
Story written by Logan O’Brien NORMAL, Ill. – After speaking at the Digital Privacy and Civil Liberties event hosted by ISU, Stephen Ragan had more to say about our civil liberties, privacy and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Ragan is a part of ACLU, an organization devoted to defending the rights of people nationwide. […]
Photo provided by Heartland Community College NORMAL, Ill. – Heartland Community College received a gift from one of their foundation directors and her husband to renovate their Veterans Center. HCC plans to use the gift to fully renovate and update the current center for students. The temporary location for the Veterans Center is at the […]
Image Courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is finishing its presidential candidate open forums with its final of four candidates on Feb. 29 as Valerio Ferme, Ph.D., spoke for an audience at the Bone Student Center. Ferme is serving his third year as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and […]
Image Courtesy of ISU Graduate Workers Union NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University Graduate Workers Union has come to a tentative deal with the university after nearly a year of negotiations. The union, which represents 450 graduate students who also work for the university, has been negotiating since last March. The new deal includes […]
NORMAL, Ill. – After two apartment fires in the Bloomington-Normal area for the month of February, the Bloomington Fire Department provides tips to residents as to how to be better prepared in the event of a fire. A Feb. 14 fire, on Brickyard Drive, and most recently a Feb. 26 fire, on North Hershey Road, […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Bloomington City Council held its final meeting of the month on Feb. 26 at the government center boardroom. Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe recognized firefighter Donovan McIntire for completing one year of a probationary period for the Bloomington Fire Department to start the meeting. “Donovan said he always wanted to have an active […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is continuing their search for a new president with the third candidate’s public forum occurring on Feb. 26. This forum featured former professor and Associate Dean of ISU’s College of Fine Arts (now the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts), Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Ph.D. Following her time at […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – This month, Illinois State University is hosting several events in celebration of black history month. This week ISU has special guest lecture presented by Dr. Barbara Fields. “Is Race Identity” will take place in the Prairie Room in Bone Student Center from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 […]