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Scott Laughlin spent over 40 years as a radio host in Central Illinois. Most of that was in Bloomington-Normal. In 2000, he moved to WJBC, the community’s heritage news talk station, where he would soon take over as the morning show host and became the station’s top personality for close to 20 years.
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Dan Brady will challenge Mboka Mwilambwe, who announced earlier this month he intends to seek a second term as Bloomington's mayor in 2025.
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Police chief Steve Petrilli said the rise in thefts and car burglaries reflects a rise in crimes of opportunity and he said the trend in manageable.
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Aondover Tarhule, who became ISU's 21st president last month after a year in the interim role, said the university is grappling with ongoing delays in the student aid award process, as well as responding to the prevalence of artificial intelligence tech and a looming drop in graduating high school seniors.
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Alejandro Gómez Guillén replaces Naomi Woo, who withdrew her candidacy to focus on other professional opportunities.
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Data shows that around 17% of people in Illinois have experienced long COVID as of March, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Finding data more granular — say, for central Illinois, or even McLean County — is a little trickier.
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Illinois State University opened its $11 million practice facility last fall. Interim athletics director Jeri Beggs says the facility has been useful for football and other outdoor sports during inclement weather.
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An exhibit at Milner Library at Illinois State University outlines the history of the program and its intersection with social justice issues since forming in 1974.
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PATH board president Rod Ebert said Tuesday they are "shocked and deeply saddened" that the Bloomington-based nonprofit will be losing the statewide 988 call center grant.
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The changes come after the Illinois Supreme Court convened a five-person task force in January to address an “unprecedented and unsustainable” load on the courts tasked with reviewing whether lower court judges applied the law correctly.