Baby Fold

The president of the Normal firefighters union says they will find a new beneficiary for proceeds from their gun raffle, after The Baby Fold raised concerns and distanced itself from the annual fundraiser.

The new principal at Hammitt Elementary in Normal says she never planned to get into education, until she realized schools needed more teachers of color. Latasha Schraeder says she came to realize that when she started law school to become an attorney.

Social service agencies have had to integrate more technology into their outreach amid COVID. Some of those changes could stick, even after the pandemic…

The Normal-based Baby Fold is cheering the governor’s proposed $147 million budget increase for the Department of Children and Family Services.The Baby…