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Tax Tip: Documenting business use of your personal automobile 2015
If you use your personal vehicle for work, you may be able to write off the costs on your tax return. To qualify, you must use your car in your job for the convenience of your employer or in your own ...
Syndicated Author Mar 02, 2015

The suprising story of vitamins and health
Photo credit: Daniel R. Blume. Courtesy Flicker Creative Commons.We need vitamins. Without 13 or so essential chemicals found naturally in certain foods, you'll get very sick and maybe die. So sh...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2015

Winter Weather Advisory for McLean County; up to 3 inches of snow
Up to three inches of snow could fall in McLean County by Thursday morning. (Photo courtesy National Weather Service) By Eric Stock LINCOLN – McLean County roads were snow and ice covered for ea...
Syndicated Author Feb 26, 2015

Obituaries: Cox
Bloomington – Bonnie L. Cox, 73, of Bloomington, passed away at 9:35 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. Her memorial service will be held at 1 p.m...
Syndicated Author Feb 24, 2015

Obituaries: McBroom
Roger Lynn McBroom, 61 of LeRoy formerly of Fairbury and longtime resident of St. Joseph, IL; died peacefully at 2:15 am, Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Funera...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2015

Miranda July keeps busy
Author and filmmaker Miranda July. Photo credit: Todd Cole. Miranda July made her directorial debut with "Me and You and Everyone We Know," a film that focused on characters trying and...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2015

2015 Tax Tip: To itemize, or not to itemize?
Here's a quick checklist that can help you decide if it is better to itemize, or take the standard deduction on Schedule A of your 2014 tax return: If these deductions total more than your standard de...
Syndicated Author Feb 18, 2015

The ‘fashionable women spies’ of the Civil War
Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army. Photo courtesy Karen Abbott. Women were not allowed to suit up on the front lines during the Civil War. But that did not stop Emma Edmonds...
Syndicated Author Jan 25, 2015

Sharin’ of the Green Parade 2015
The Fifth Annual “Sharin’ of the Green” Parade will be held in Uptown Normal Saturday, March 14th at 1p.m. We encourage you to share your “green” with Eas...
Syndicated Author Jan 21, 2015
Closing arguments set for today at a mclean coutny murder trialbloomongt's mayor not happy with a the dsipine given an police officer caught making racially charged cmments on tape.ISU will host ...
Syndicated Author Jan 15, 2015



