McLean County news briefs
August 14, 2019BLOOMINGTON BCPA and Nitsch Theater Arts offers classes The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 107 E. Chestnut St., Bloomington, is partnering with the Nitsch Theatre Arts…
BLOOMINGTON BCPA and Nitsch Theater Arts offers classes The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 107 E. Chestnut St., Bloomington, is partnering with the Nitsch Theatre Arts…
BLOOMINGTON YWCA early childhood program gets top honors YWCA Young Wonders received the Gold Circle of Quality designation from ExceleRate Illinois, the state’s quality recognition…
The first time the Peplow descendants held a family reunion, a passenger train still ran from Minier to Peoria every evening. That was in 1930. This year, on July 28, the relatives…
BLOOMINGTON Ewing Manor and Center open for free public tours The Manor at Ewing Cultural Center will open for free public tours from 4-6 p.m. Mondays through October. The last tour…
BLOOMINGTON City applies for BUILD Grant for Hamilton Road The City of Bloomington has applied for $5.3 million of federal BUILD grant funding to construct the final portion of the…
SPRINGFIELD — The president and CEO of Land of Lincoln Goodwill resigned Thursday, two days after backtracking on a plan to lay off several disabled employees. Land of Lincoln Goodwill,…
Young again! I feel like I have been propelled back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when I hear once more the ring of plain speaking throughout the land, as I did as a child. “Go…
BLOOMINGTON Historic Bike Show coming to David Davis Mansion: Biking enthusiasts and history buffs are invited to “Wheels Through Time: A Historic Bike Show” Saturday, July…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…
Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will…