Prep clay target league booms in popularity
— July 16, 2025With virtually none of the media fanfare associated with Illinois high school basketball or football championships, 1,188 students from 74 Illinois high school clay target shooting…
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Possible traffic hassles loom for fair patrons
— July 12, 2025The good news is that the gates to the 2025 McLean County Fair open July 23 for five days of festival entertainment and food: the not-so-good news is that road construction will likely…
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Bloomington man sentenced to 72 years in prison for child porn
— July 11, 2025A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 72 years in prison following a 2023 child-pornography investigation. Wesley Noonan was sentenced Monday. On July 12, 2023, Noonan was indicted…
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Illinois to roll out direct admission to most state universities
— July 10, 2025CHICAGO — Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough grades. With his signature, Gov. J.B….
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Unique Gridley museum showcases one small town’s history of telephony
— July 5, 2025There’s not an iPhone in sight at the Gridley Telephone Museum. Vintage telephony is the star at the McLean County museum, offering a vivid look at how communications from a vanished…
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Bloomington man killed in truck crash
— July 12, 2025A Bloomington man died from injuries sustained Wednesday morning when his truck hit a tree. Richard Thoennes, 66, died at Carle BroMenn Medical Center. Bloomington police officers responded…
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Foster, Casten say cuts to social programs will prove ‘devastating’
— July 11, 2025Two suburban U.S. representatives say a new law containing severe cuts to food assistance and other social programs will prove to be “devastating” to more than a million of Illinois’…
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R.F.D. News & Views
— July 7, 2025With sincere apologies, this week’s column is heavy on the politics of agriculture. While we’d like to focus on crop progress and the weather — two of the farmer’s favorite…
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