Samira Kassem

Several residents of Bloomington’s west side and Eastgate subdivision spoke during public comment at Monday’s city council meeting, urging the council to put funds toward improved sewers.

The Normal Planning Commission met Thursday evening to vote on a controversial amendment to the One Normal Plaza Zoning plan. The town council first initiated the discussion in May of 2020, but ended up tabling the public hearing until it could be held in person because of the pandemic.

After hearing from former town leaders and other citizens, the Normal Town Council voted 6-1 Monday night to accept federal and state grant funding that will finance more than 90% of the cost of the Uptown underpass project.

Lt. Matt Lane, support services commander of the McLean County Sheriff’s Department, officially announced his bid for McLean County Sheriff on Wednesday after nearly 24 years of service to the department.

The Bloomington City Council voted Monday night to end an ordinance that declared a local emergency and allowed emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ordinance had been in place for just over 15 months.

The Illinois State University Board of Trustees held a special meeting Saturday morning to discuss a bonus for President Larry Dietz and to vote on a resolution to officially hire Terri Goss Kinzy as the university’s 20th president.

After last Wednesday’s District 87 School Board meeting saw over two hours of public comment and 50 attendees, the Unit 5 School Board and Superintendent were prepared for a large turnout of passionate speakers.

It was anything but a normal meeting of the District 87 school board Wednesday night.

The Normal Town Council held a special work session Monday to discuss progress on the long-planned $22.7 million Uptown Normal underpass project.

The Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP hosted a virtual remembrance event Tuesday to mark the anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police.