Uptown Normal

Founders of Nomad Theatre Company preview an upcoming event happening this weekend featuring AI-generated performance prompts.

About 90 protesters gathered Monday in Uptown Normal to speak against restrictions to Medicaid and other social services.

Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Uptown Normal to the Illinois State University quad Thursday for the second straight day, raising concerns about the Trump administration’s early crackdown on immigrants.

The bids for the long-awaited underpass project beneath the railroad tracks in Uptown Normal have come back. The low bid is $35.16 million.

Students for Justice in Palestine at Illinois State University held a vigil Monday in Uptown Normal on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.

Illinois State University's homecoming week kicked off Monday evening in Uptown Normal with the annual tree-lighting. Saturday's homecoming football game will be played against North Dakota State.

David and Randi Howell purchased the once run-down, austere estate south of Towanda and have restored it over the past 10 years. They'll celebrate this weekend with the couple behind Cheap Old Houses.

Indoors or out, there's plenty to do over the long weekend.

Here are highlights from Saturday's action at the Sweet Corn Circus in Uptown Normal, featuring performances by Gamma Phi Circus at Illinois State and Iron Spirit Pro wrestling. Oh, and some delicious corn too.

An independent federal agency will provide the Town of Normal with grant funding to support the design and installation of a mural in the forthcoming Uptown Connector/Underpass tunnel.