Latest News from Bloomington-Normal and Central Illinois
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Bobzbay Books' Tomes of Terror gathers horror authors and booklovers for the second year.
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A first-time collaboration brings a Community Players shadow cast to Normal Theater's Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings.
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The Uptown Station Amtrak stop in Normal is the second busiest in the state with 10 passenger trains a day coming through on the Chicago-to-St. Louis corridor.
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Unemployment in Bloomington-Normal stands at 4.3%. That's up slightly since September of last year, but better than the statewide jobless rate of 5%.
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Former State Farm CEO Michael Tipsord has stepped down from his role as chairman of the board at the insurance giant, company officials have confirmed. Tipsord relinquished his role as CEO in January, a post he had held since 2015.
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Aimee Spack and Cheryl Eash are the first ladies of Bloomington-Normal college football. In saying “I do,” they signed on as football wives. That has meant sacrifice and single parenting, navigating highs and lows of winning and losing, adjusting and readjusting family schedules, driving young children to and from activities, flying solo for their dinner time, bath time, bed time.
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Republican Brian Loeffler, who defeated incumbent George Wendt in the primary, is running against Democrat Rob Ogborn to fill one of the District 3 seats on the McLean County Board.
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Democrat Buck Farley is making his first bid for political office, looking to represent northeast Normal on the McLean County Board. He's running against Republican incumbent Randy Knapp for a seat representing District 5.
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Hannah Mesouani, an Illinois State University faculty member and leader at YWCA McLean County, has been named an Obama Foundation Leader.
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Alan Beaman and his longtime lawyer, Jeffrey Urdangen, told the story of Beaman's wrongful conviction in McLean County, his prison time and release, and answered questions from the audience at an event co-sponsored by WGLT.
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The Town of Normal plans to retool a proposed ordinance regulating so-called pop-up parties and other large gatherings.
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The Town of Normal is in a strong fiscal position, but some indicators raise concerns that future budgeting will become a challenge.