Latest News from Bloomington-Normal and Central Illinois
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The $675,000 federal grant was withdrawn due to changing priorities for the DOT.
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Residents of the Colonial Meadows subdivision nestled in the shadow of the Central Illinois Regional Airport have some good news about their water and sewer problems.
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Households in Normal could soon be allowed to have a maximum limit of one more pet, if an ordinance change is approved by the town council on Monday.
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The matriarch of a prominent Bloomington-Normal business family has died. Linda Shirk was 79.
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After five years in a rented retail storefront downtown, Hangar Art Co. is moving into a stand-alone building across town.
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The Town of Normal and ISU agreed on several temporary safety measures, including the closure of a small stretch of School Street near the Hewitt-Manchester dorms. WGLT asked students passing through what they think of the changes.
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A budget of almost $144.5 million for the 2026 fiscal year was presented to the McLean County Board on Thursday.
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Leaders with Young Republican groups in Central Illinois say they felt a deep connection to the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that his death will further galvanize his movement.
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Abby Tighe was fired from her "dream" job in overdose prevention at the Centers for Disease Control in February. That's when the Trump administration fired all probationary workers at the health agency.
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Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, forever known for whispering to President George W. Bush in a Florida classroom on the morning of 9/11, says the famous image stands as a call to honor the lives lost that day.
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The coordinated display, arranged on each of the museum's three floors, includes rarely seen items surrounding the theme of death and funerary customs.
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Steve Vogel made a career out of telling other people's stories. Now he's telling his.