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Norbert E. Petri, 96, of Minonk, died Friday (Feb. 23, 2018) at Heritage Health of Minonk.

There was a time when downtown Bloomington bustled with department store clerks, shoppers, bankers, salesladies, doctors, jewelers, attorneys, deliverymen, accountants and seemingly most everybody else. All these individuals needed to eat, and for much of the city’s history, downtown was…

BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department is seeking help from the public in locating a missing 11-year-old girl.

Editor’s note: The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is sponsored by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association. More than 20 newspapers are producing stories about the state’s history, places and key moments in advance of the Bicentennial…

Sunday

BLOOMINGTON — Rushing into the chilly waves of Miller Park Lake each year symbolizes support for local Special Olympics athletes.

BCPA manager reception set

Saturday

These days, it can seem good news is few and far between out there. Here are some of the uplifting stories from The Pantagraph in recent days.

BLOOMINGTON — An excavation crew and fire inspection unit worked Friday to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a Feb. 10 apartment building on Bloomington’s east side.