Latest News from Bloomington-Normal and Central Illinois
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McLean County has one Nobel Prize winner — but oh what a one! Modern electronics rests upon Clinton Davisson’s physics experiments bombarding a block of crystalized nickel with electrons.
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Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with President Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political violence.
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Students majoring in the inaugural programs at Illinois State University's new College of Engineering are feeling positive.
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The staffer joins dozens of people across the country whose social media posts about Kirk have put their jobs in jeopardy. McLean County Nursing Home Administrator Tim Wiley posted on social media Saturday. but didn’t say what disciplinary action was taken against the employee.
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Montez Soliz says he's running against Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen in the March primary for the 17th Congressional District that includes parts of Bloomington-Normal and Greater Peoria.
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Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening public water systems, making water temporarily unusable, and forcing some cities and towns to take costly preventive measures.
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Heyworth native Britt Lower won her first Emmy Award on Sunday for her mind-bending role on the Apple series "Severance."
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Jim Edgar, a Republican, served two-terms as Illinois governor from 1991 to 1999. He announced this year that he was being treated for pancreatic cancer.
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The $675,000 federal grant was withdrawn due to changing priorities for the DOT.
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Residents of the Colonial Meadows subdivision nestled in the shadow of the Central Illinois Regional Airport have some good news about their water and sewer problems.
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Households in Normal could soon be allowed to have a maximum limit of one more pet, if an ordinance change is approved by the town council on Monday.
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The matriarch of a prominent Bloomington-Normal business family has died. Linda Shirk was 79.