NORMAL - Illinois State University students and staff were welcomed back from spring break with some new additions to the ISU campus. Qdoba and Starbucks were added on to the Bone Student Center for the revitalization project that has been going on for over a year. While Pizza Hut and McAlister's are still in the building, Burger King and Einstein’s Bagel’s have been removed to make room for different options. […]
By: Bri Bradley Andrew Hozier-Byrne, known professionally as “Hozier”, is an Irish musician from County Wicklow. Hozier has won multiple awards and has been nominated for many more. In July 2013, Hozier released his first EP called Take Me to Church, that featured four tracks. “Take Me to Church” was the first Hozier single to explode. It gained multiple platinum certifications and circulated on the radio for months after its […]
By: Logan Flesch We may officially be living in a post-Migos world. Fans have been speculating for the past couple of years that the group may be moving their focus towards their own solo careers. These rumors have only grown with Offset’s collaboration with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’ Without Warning (2017), Takeoff’s The Last Rocket (2018), and Quavo’s collaborative album with Travis Scott, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho (2017) and […]
By: Carter Biellier When I first heard about A Real Good Kid, I quite honestly just wasn’t interested. But then I dug a little deeper beyond the “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” Mike Posner I was accustomed to. It seems as though something dire happened in his life and it drove him to produce this project. Whether it was the death of Avicii, his father, a break up, or […]
NORMAL - On Wednesday, the Publications Unit in the Department of English hosted a book launch celebration at the Williams Hall Annex for University Professor Tim Hunt and his new book, Ticket Stubs & Liner Notes. Many fans, including family and friends gathered to show appreciation for Hunt and his work. The festivities started with Hunt talking a little bit about himself, followed by him reading some pieces out of his […]
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NORMAL - The Normal City Council held a panel Thursday night with 8 candidates running for 3 seats on the council. The event took place in Illinois State University's Bone Student Center. The candidates include Dave Shields, Alex Campbell, R.C. McBride, Kathleen Lorenz, Pat Turner, Joel Studebaker, Stan Nord, and Karyn Smith. They were asked to answer questions that related to current issues within the Normal community. The questions included topics […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - J.B. Pritzker attended the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Sunday where he discussed issues of education in Illinois. Two former Secretaries of Education were also in attendance. Governor Pritzker directed questions as well as concerns to the former Education Secretaries from the Obama and Bush administration on what steps can be taken to improve education in Illinois, as well as the historically fraught relationship […]
LINCOLN - Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning in Rockford, 39-year old Floyd Brown of Springfield shot a U.S. Marshal who was trying to arrest him. A woman who was an acquaintance of Brown was also shot at the scene. Brown has an outstanding warrant against him for a burglary in Springfield on Sunday. He was able to escape police, fleeing the scene and heading south until crashing near Lincoln. Illinois […]
