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A McLean County woman’s struggle to get overdue child support illustrates a complicated, and sometimes bewildering and frustrating system.
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Leslie Carrara-Rudolph is best known as Sesame Street's Abby Cadabby. She takes a break from fairy training to bring comedy cabaret, puppet-making and a sock called Lolly Lardpop to Bloomington-Normal and Peoria. Carrara-Rudolph and Normal native Paul Rudolph will sit down to talk about their journeys to Sesame Street at the end of the four-day residency next month.
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Lab Schools director Anthony Jones says said one way to boost diversity is better communication with potential students during the application period early in the year.
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It will be expensive to remove asbestos from the Normal Public Library. Estimates range from $3.5 million to more than $5 million if other improvements are done at the same time.
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Bloomington-Normal's next big thing in playgrounds is all but complete — a $5 million, 16-acre natural playground at Colene Hoose Elementary School in Normal.
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Teachers in Bloomington-Normal hope they will make more progress this school year on how kids interact with each other. Last year, many kids weren't used to being in a classroom, doing things together, or taking teacher direction. That resulted in increased conflict and tempers, and sometimes emotional withdrawal.
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Services for those with Autism in McLean County keep increasing. The not-for-profit MarcFirst has added space and programs several times in several years. Now, the for-profit sector is moving into Bloomington-Normal, too.
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McLean County Circuit Judge Paul Lawrence said Monday he will retire at the end of the year. Lawrence became an associate judge nearly 20 years ago and a full circuit judge in 2012.
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After an executive order from Gov. JB Pritzker that set monthly copayments for child care services to $1 for all families expired last month, a House…
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There have been multiple lockdowns in a Pekin federal prison to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in the facility, with many inmates losing contact…