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Disappointment, hope expressed at King events

BLOOMINGTON — Martin Luther King Jr. Day was commemorated at Illinois Wesleyan University with a mixture of disappointment about the present and hopefulness for the future.

 

Flu outbreak may be tapering off

BLOOMINGTON — The influenza outbreak that began in December appears to be slowing down, Central Illinois medical professionals said Monday.

 

HIV town hall meeting set for Thursday

NORMAL — Leaders from the Illinois Getting to Zero project want to hear from area residents about ways to bring an end to new HIV infections and strategies to ensure that everyone living with HIV is connected to treatment by…

 

Winter weather advisory in effect; temps to fall

BLOOMINGTON — Most of Central Illinois will be under a winter weather advisory until noon, then the mercury will steadily drop the rest of the day.

 

Beyond spiritual: IWU hosting special edition of handwritten Bible

BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University will host a heritage edition of the first completely handwritten and illuminated bible commissioned in the western world in more than 500 years.

 

PFOP: Stipp house was Bloomington’s oldest

For many years, a dilapidated wood frame residence on the east edge of downtown Bloomington offered a visible reminder of the city’s earliest days. As a matter of fact, the Stipp house (as it was popularly known) was older than…

 

Central Illinoisans among those rattled by false missile alarm

HONOLULU — Central Illinois residents on vacation in Hawaii were among those alarmed by a mistakenly sent push alert that warned of a ballistic missile heading straight for the state.

 

State Farm renovation spending

List below includes building permits taken out by State Farm for renovation work undertaken during the past three years. The permit values total more than $54 million; more than half of that, or $21 million, was in 2017.

 

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