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a memorial gravestone is in the foreground. In the background, a volunteering pushes an underground radar device while a man in a red t shirt watches
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El Paso burial site of first Black man to vote in Illinois confirmed 121 years after his death
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Several volunteers and local history buffs gathered around David Strother’s 1954 headstone to find out for certain if he and his family lay underneath.
The TIF would include portions of the Raab Road corridor closest to the interstate exit at mile marker 165 on I-55.
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Normal Town Council begins process for new TIF, approves $1.2 million bridge replacement
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Rep. LaHood says mail-in voting will not be disrupted; Trump should work on affordability
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Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger will visit Illinois State University this fall to screen his 2024 documentary The Last Republican followed by a conversation with the WGLT newsroom. An Evening with Congressman Adam Kinzinger Oct. 1, 2026 Illinois State University's Braden Auditorium The Last Republican screening: 6:30-8 p.m. Rep. Kinzinger in conversation with WGLT: 8-9 p.m.
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