Photo Courtesy from Enjoy Illinois before COVID NORMAL, Ill.- The town of Normal will highlight local businesses that are in town to help the start this upcoming holiday season. The Town of Normal Communications Specialist Rachelle Cantero spoke about the event and what the local businesses are doing. “We like to think that Holiday Open House as the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. During this day, I’m gonna assume that […]
Photo courtesy of @IllinoisStateU Twitter NORMAL, Ill. - October usually signals the coming of Halloween costumes, vibrant orange and red leaves, and chilly temperatures. And while the costumes will still be prominent this fall, the latter two may not. Due to climate change, this October has been unseasonably warm-- breaking or almost breaking temperature records across Central Illinois. The first two weeks of the month saw average temperatures ten to […]
Illinois News Broadcasters Association held an event in which they named Bloomington-Normal native and U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger as Illiniosan of the Year. The event primarily consisted of Kinzinger talking about his experience during the January 6 insurrection. During the event, Kinzinger touched on certain topics that occurred during the summer of 2020. He brought up the importance of local news during the arise of fake news. “It connects people […]
NORMAL, Ill.-On Monday students and residents of Normal gathered together in Uptown after a mural of ISU graduate student Jelani Day was taken down. There were key speakers at the event ranging from residents, employers of the area, students, and more. The community took time to commemorate the life of Jelani Day and Black Lives Matter. NAACP Bloomington-Normal President Linda Foster spoke about raising awareness on the injustices that African […]
Photo courtesy to Crunch Fitness Facebook NORMAL, Ill.- Starting a business, doing yoga or working hard at school are some items on people’s New Year’s resolutions lists. A popular goal that individuals try to reach each year is going to the gym or staying in shape. Recently, Crunch Fitness has opened a new location in Normal. The facility caters to people who are starting their fitness journey all the […]
Photo courtesy to Normal Town Council YouTube NORMAL, Ill.- On the agenda was the resolution to award the bid for the Main Street Water Main Extension Project to SNC Construction, at the cost of $417,505.59. Plus up to a Potential $5,000 bonus for early completion. The resolution also authorizes City Manager to execute agreements with Union Pacific and RailPros. Put simply this project would benefit the water system below the recently renovated and busy Main […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University students share their concerns regarding returning to campus and the new implication of ProctorTrack. In the beginning of the semester, some students felt strongly that ISU's response to COVID-19 was not enough. One ISU student and SGA member, Jaman Lewis says that from the beginning ISU did not have students interests and health prioritized. "ISU is doing an inadequate job. […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Normal Town Council approved a four cent per gallon tax increase to the town's Local Motor Fuel Tax last night. With a four to three vote, most council members saw this as a way to improve the community with increased infrastructure investments. These investments include working on sidewalks and roads around the town. While an increase in taxes might worry citizens, council member Kevin McCarthy said this […]
Photo courtesy to Robustelli Facebook page NORMAL, Ill. - At the McLean County Board ZOOM meeting, members discussed budget, tax rates and said a farewell to a District 8 county board member who is resigning. Goodbye, Robustelli Member Carlo Robustelli will be resigning from the board and has accepted a position in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at Dikinson College for the leadership team as the Vice President of Advancement. Robustelli has […]
