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Rural McLean County fire departments are getting a look at how drones can help them when fighting fires.

Prairie Fire Theatre is collaborating with Music Connections Foundation for their summer production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The Bloomington-Normal Community Land Trust purchased its first home July 28 after three years of fundraising, volunteer work and informing the public on land trusts.

The celebration featured food, activities, free items and musical and dancing performances. Donations were encouraged during the free event.

Downtown Bloomington on Wednesday night officially opened its redeveloped 600 block of North Main Street that boasts a new ring structure to light the area.

Construction is expected to start next spring on a three-building, $84 million science complex that will create a "new front porch" where Illinois State University meets Uptown Normal.

The more than 28-acre site at G.E. Road is ready for students to arrive for classes by the start of the 2026 fall semester.

The Big Boy No. 4014 is the world's largest operating steam locomotive. It's 133 feet long, approximately the length of three school buses end-to-end, and is hauling a set of cars with "America 250" displayed on the sides behind it.

More Than a Game! will remain installed at the McLean County Museum of History for at least five years. It's a rare new permanent exhibition drawing from the museum's collection and local baseball lore on loan for the occasion.

Community leaders, students, veterans, Scouts, clergy, educators and others from across Central Illinois participated in Wednesday's reading of the Declaration of Independence in Normal, part of a nationwide series of events to commemorate America 250.