Adeline Schultz

Heartland Community College is honoring late board chair Gregg Chadwick by naming the newly-remodeled Gregg Chadwick Community Board Room in his honor in the Community Commons Building.

The Town of Normal Vision 2050/Sustainability plan steering committee held a public forum Wednesday to get community input on what Normal could look like in a quarter century.

As expected, the Bloomington City Council Monday night approved Deputy City Manager Jeff Jurgens as Tim Gleason's replacement. Billy Tyus, the other deputy city manager, did not seek the position and will remain in his current role.

Jeffrey Reinking was convicted in 2022 of illegally giving his son Travis Reinking an assault-style weapon he used in a 2018 shooting that left four dead at a Waffle House in Tennessee. A Tazwell County judge sentenced Reinking to 18 months in prison for delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for mental illness within five years.

Connect Transit General Manager David Braun said a federal study already has approved the parking deck site and plans are underway to review several submitted proposals for construction.

Bloomington City Council members voted unanimously Monday to approve the streetscape plan for improving downtown Bloomington that has been in the works for the better part of two years.

Jonathan Rosa of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education said the way we talk about bilingual students in an educational setting contributes to stigmatization that holds groups of people back from greater opportunity. English as an Additional Language, or EAL, students are seen as educationally deficient, and further sorted into categories.

The Bloomington City Council approved a move that may lead to the elimination of parking minimums in the city at its meeting Monday night.

The situation has put a strain on Connect Transit, forcing the agency to rely on a fleet of 21-year-old buses and raising questions about additional zero-emission buses it’s expecting to receive.