Image courtesy of Nexstar Media Group. NORMAL, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker and state Sen. Darren Bailey faced off in the first gubernatorial debate of this election season. Both candidates faced off on Friday, October 6th at 7 p.m. Gov. Pritzker and Sen. Bailey went head to head in the Brown Ballroom in the Student Bone Center at Illinois State University. The Safe-T act was the first topic to be […]
NORMAL, Ill - At approximately 12:30am on Wednesday, a driver struck two pedestrians outside Pub II. Both men are in critical condition. Normal police say they responded to a call about a vehicular accident, on the scene they found two male pedestrians had been hit by a driver. Normal Fire Department rushed them to the hospital, both were in critical condition. One victim was life lifted to a hospital in […]
Photo courtesy from Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill--Illinois State has been awarded a $403,900 grant from the Nation Science Foundation. The grant has been approved and will be used for a state-of-the-art electron microscope that will help both research and students at ISU. Dr. Mahua Biswas shared details how she and her department received the grant for this new technology. "Every year congress gives money for science, technology, and research. […]
Photo Courtesy of OSF Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. - One of the main concerns for parents is the safety of their children. Parents actively protect their children from bullying, violence, crime, and strangers, but disease and infection is something that’s harder to protect your children from. OSF healthcare recently published a study that shows a link between croup cough and COVID-19, with the large spike over the last months from […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Fully Free campaign is a campaign that wants to end permanent consequences for ex-convicts once they get out of prison. On Saturday, October 11th, Fully Free and YMCA hosted a community barbeque, where people could come and learn what the campaign is all about. There were many key speakers, including Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe of Bloomington. Mayor Mboka spoke on the support of the campaign and his […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Rebecca Ropp was elected to the Heartland Community College board in 2014. She has served as the board's scribe, and has helped push many decisions to support the college. One initiative she looks to improve upon is the agricultural programs. "I am very excited and passionate about the agricultural programs, that we are setting up at Heartland Community College," said Ropp. "I really can't wait to get to […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Joshua Crockett is a graduate who looks to come back and help improve the college that gave him so much. Crockett is running for Heartland Community College's board. If elected, he plans to expand access to the college. "I want to help expand access to education, to expand the offerings of the college and to make sure that every person has the opportunity to take advantage of the […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Marc Tiritilli said he is a man who does not give up. Despite his defeat in the mayoral race in 2017, he is back with his head held high. Tiritilli is running against Mayor Chris Koos in the election this April. One problem Tiritilli said he hopes to fix is the overwhelming debt in Normal, he explains that Normal has extremely high interest loans. "We have spent more […]
Photo courtesy to OSF Healthcare NORMAL, Ill.- The COVID-19 vaccine has finally arrived, although only healthcare workers have access at this time. Healthcare workers have started to receive their first doses of the vaccine, however some in the public are skeptical of the vaccine and possible long term effects. Libby Allison is the Media Relations Coordinator for OSF Healthcare. OSF oversee 17 hospitals, including the ones in and around McLean […]
