Bloomington
Image Courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – The City of Bloomington was named as a Tree City USA Community by the non-profit Arbor Day Foundation. Superintendent of Park Maintenance Jeff Hindman spoke about what it means to have Bloomington become a Tree City, as well as the qualifications and ceremony taking place to […]
Image Courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Various redevelopments are set to happen in the Bloomington area. City Manager Jeff Jurgens talks about where the redevelopments will take place, the changes that will be made and the project’s intended cost. “A lot of these buildings have sat vacant, for some of them 17 […]
Photo provided by Katherine Murphy BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The City of Bloomington is hosting the second open house for the Downtown Streetscape event on Tuesday, Feb. 13 from 4-6:30 p.m. This event is an initiative for all members of the community to help reshape Downtown Bloomington. The public can attend this free of charge to […]
Image courtesy of Dana White’s Contender Series BLOOMINGTON, Ill – The BloNo twin cities are known for a lot of things. The low-profile city is known for its two universities, the State Farm Insurance headquarters, and more. When it comes to sports, Bloomington and Normal have yearly competitive and exciting collegiate and high school competition. […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Former mayor of Bloomington Jesse Smart died at his home in Glendale, Arizona on August 25. He served from 1985 to 1997. Smart was the mayor for 12 years, but he was a public servant for much longer. In 1961, Smart began teaching agriculture and biology classes at Stanford High School, now […]
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 […]
Image courtesy of Bloomington Raider Football on Twitter The Bloomington Purple Raiders will take on the Centennial Chargers Friday September 30th at 7 p.m. Bloomington’s coming into this game after losing to Normal Community last week, 35-7. The Purple Raiders are 2-3 on the season. The matches where they came out victorious have been […]
Photo Courtesy from visitbn.org The Franklin Park Concerts have retuned to Bloomington for its summer series. City of Bloomington’s Parks and Recreation are excited to announce the free live music series, with the Community Concert Band, will begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Franklin Park, 302 E. Chestnut St. The series will continue every Thursday […]
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 […]