Patrons looking to take a deeper dive into the McLean County Museum of History’s collection of objects and artifacts recently got a major boost with the reopening of the Merwin Gallery,…
A movement to establish the first historically Black Greek sorority on campus in four decades is underway at Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington. Behind an effort by IWU Assistant…
A love of gardening has blossomed into acknowledgement as a 2023 Outstanding Master Gardener in Illinois for Bloomington resident and McLean County Master Gardener Julie Murphy. Murphy…
Bloomington-Normal was once among the centers of circus performing in the United States and Illinois State University has opened up its archives to showcase a wide collection of documents,…
A self-described, “normal citizen living in Normal,” Roger Schmidgall was planning to attend a Rotary Club picnic early last month when he learned the event had been abruptly canceled….
Downtown Bloomington’s thriving, multi-faceted arts scene will take center stage with the 23rd Annual Art Walk, to be held at 12 studios and galleries on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday,…
In the classic fable, “The Tortoise and The Hare,” the moral of the story is that one can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly….
If it seems a little more crowded on the Illinois State University campus this fall there’s a good reason. ISU has welcomed 4,147 freshmen to its student body for the 2023-24 academic…
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
Daughter pleads guilty in McLean ...One person faces sentencing and another will go to trial for the ...
ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Stoneware crocks ...There were many small potteries making stoneware and other ceramics for use ...
Man who defrauded Art Institute ...The former Chicago Art Institute payroll manager convicted of stealing more than ...
