Veterans

Veterans from the Livingston County War Museum shared their experiences with students from Heartland Community College in an event titled, "Through the Eyes of Veterans."

The veterans are in exile all over the world, including Mexico, Guatemala and India. Some were deported more than 20 years ago, according to the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Members of a panel discussion as part of Illinois State University's Veterans Day celebration discussed mental health and suicide rates among veterans.

An Illinois State University student who is a Navy veteran plans to run a 50-kilometer race — about 31 miles — next month to raise money for the Homeless Veterans in America Relief Foundation.

Heyworth is hosting a free concert on June 19 that will feature music that tells local veterans' stories of their time in the military. The challenge: the songs will be written the same day they're performed.

This collaboration will open doors for veterans to attend a variety of free performances at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts [BCPA] and the Grossinger Motors Arena.

The government filed its brief Monday in the case of James Rudisill, a decorated Army vet who says he was shorted on college money.

The U.S. Army has made the mayor of Normal a distinguished member of the 506th Infantry Regiment, a designation given to those who preserve the history and traditions of the unit.

Lena Doering was just 5 years old in 1940, when Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Romania, where her family lived. They were rounded up and put on a train heading out of the country.

A ceremony on Veterans Day on Thursday at the McLean County Museum of History evoked many memories for local veterans.