Category Archives: Local News
CIRA awarded additional CARES Act funding
The funding will help CIRA design a new general aviation apron and purchase two high speed runway brooms for snow removal, according to the release. (Facebook/Central Illinois Regional Airport) B...
Sep 02, 2020
McLean County Health Dept. advocates for more contact tracers
Contact tracers are expected to work four to five hours per day, seven days a week. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – McLean County has seen such a surge in cases, i...
Sep 01, 2020
Illinois State University to adapt U. of I. testing
Illinois State University President Larry Dietz. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasNORMAL – While Coronavirus cases continue to rise at Illinois State University, the campus will soon get ...
Aug 31, 2020
146 new COVID cases in McLean County; More ISU students test positive
McLean County’s overall positivity rate is 3.8%. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s rolling positivity rate continues to rise as local health officials...
Aug 31, 2020
Two events, one city – Bloomington home to Back the Blue and Black Lives Matter Rally
T-shirts sold at the event will benefit the Boys and Girls Club along with other non-profits. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)BLOOMINGTON – Union Park in Bloomington was the center of two...
Aug 31, 2020
ISU athletic director apologizes to student-athletes for saying ‘All Redbird Lives Matter’
Illinois State University athletic director Larry Lyons. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – Student-athletes at Illinois State University said in their annual meeting wi...
Aug 29, 2020
Latest town council hopeful aims to boost diversity in decision-making
Attorney Brad McMillan. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – A Bradley University professor is stepping forward as a candidate for the Normal Town Council.Atto...
Aug 28, 2020
80 new COVID cases in McLean County
McLean County’s overall positivity rate is 3.1%. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – The rolling positivity rate continues to inch up in McLe...
Aug 28, 2020
MFB preparing disaster relief for Hurricane Laura victims
Family food boxes are already being prepared in Normal, Morton, and Peoria. (Facebook/Midwest Food Bank Bloomington-Normal) By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana ...
Aug 27, 2020
Apparent anti-police slur spray-painted in Uptown Normal, NPD says
Police said there have been no arrests. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – Using black spray paint, vandals drew graffiti at multiple locations in Uptown Nor...
Aug 27, 2020
