Linda Foster

At the meeting, the four police leaders from McLean County stressed the need for stringent checks in officer hiring, proper training to ensure safety, and corresponding with the community.

Children are supposed to have a childhood. In some ways Carla Barnes-Wheeler did not. Her father was absent. Her mother struggled with mental illness. Friend and Bloomington-Normal NAACP President Linda Foster said Barnes-Wheeler, the youngest of four children grew up in a poor area of Chicago Heights.

Harper Joyner is 6 1/2 years old. Her mom, Tameka Thompson, is co-chair of Bloomington-Normal ACT-SO, an NAACP youth enrichment program for high school…

Moving forward with its advocacy for the civil and political rights of African Americans, the Bloomington-Normal chapter of the NAACP revealed its new…

The president of Bloomington-Normal’s branch of the NAACP says the coronavirus is sending the community a message.“Corona has told us: You’ve got to…

When Linda Foster moved to Bloomington-Normal in 1977, she noticed a lack of equal opportunity for minorities. Raised in a family of visionaries and…