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NORMAL — A local foundation wants to add or replace lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at all McLean County schools and will begin this long-term effort this winter at rural schools farthest from first responders.

BLOOMINGTON — Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire west of Bloomington.

DOWNS — The entire Village of Downs does not have water service due to a water main break, according to a message on the village's website.

Monday

BLOOMINGTON — The 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday Gospel Festival will raise the roof from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall, 1210 Park St., Bloomington.

NORMAL — Central Illinois is out of the deep freeze but freezing rain and some snow has led to slick roads, forcing area schools to cancel classes on Monday.

This July will mark the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance in the Central Pacific while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.

Monday

BLOOMINGTON — For people living on the streets in the bitter cold, darkness brings neither comfort nor rest.

BLOOMINGTON — Jim Curtis was in the minority Saturday as he basked in below-freezing temperatures.