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Nov 22, 2024 · Wipperman became CEO at Lifelong Access after two years as the vice president of education at the Children's Home Association of Illinois in Peoria. His tenure at Lifelong Access included a number of changes at the organization, including updating its name and kicking off a joint effort with Chestnut Health Systems and the Regional Office of Education #17 to provide youth services in downtown ...

Four former Central Catholic High School athletes are going into the Saints Athletic Hall of Fame. The school will honor Stacey Miller, Jennifer (Monk) O’Keefe, Caroline (Holt) Boricich, and Molly McGraw at an induction ceremony Saturday.

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Oct 17, 2024 · A homeless encampment near downtown Bloomington that started growing around a year ago in an overflow parking lot is no longer. By end of day Oct. 15, the roughly 35 unsheltered community members who’d been staying there left and all signs of the encampment — tents, pallets, personal belongings — were gone.

Nov 22, 2024 · “Larry always had a soft spot in his heart for us,” said John Koch, co-owner of Lucca Grill in downtown Bloomington. “When you’ve got a person in charge of the Health Department (food program), and he stays good friends with the restaurants in town, you know he’s doing his job.

Nov 15, 2024 · Comedian Craig Ferguson spent a decade as host of The Late Late Show on CBS. He left the late-night talk show in 2014 and stepped back into stand-up comedy. The Scotsman's big break came in the mid-1980s at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Jan 21, 2025 · Here you can find current weather conditions and forecasts for the Bloomington-Normal area from .publishDate":1730401664866,"cms.content.publishUser&quot ...

Oct 4, 2024 · The chief economist for PNC Bank said relief is coming to the stalled housing construction sector in Central Illinois and wage growth will start to make up for lost buying power caused by inflation.. By the end of the year, the Federal Reserve will have cut the interest rate a full point, and Gus Faucher said he expects another full point reduction by the middle of next year that could enliven ...

Dec 28, 2024 · Severe weather is expected to keep impacting large parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, after tornadoes and thunderstorms barreled across the U.S. on Saturday, killing at least two people.