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Bloomington-Normal Hosts Youth Hockey Showcase
Fourteen high school ice hockey teams from across the Midwest will arrive in Bloomington-Normal this week for the National Junior Prospects Bloomington Showcase. The event will take place at Grossinge...
Dec 05, 2019
FBI: That Smart TV You Just Bought May be Spying on You
The FBI is warning consumers about smart TVs. A message posted before the Thanksgiving holiday by an FBI field office states those televisions have built-in cameras that can be used for facial recogni...
Dec 05, 2019
Mom Pleads Guilty in Beating Death of 5-Year-Old Son Andrew "AJ" Freund
JoAnn Cunningham, 36, of Crystal Lake, pleaded guilty Thursday in the April slaying of her 5-year-old son Andrew "AJ" Freund. The Chicago Tribune reports that Cunningham will be sentenced at a later d...
Dec 05, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
REPORT: : Auditor Has No Authority to Set Accounting Policy, According to States Attorney
The McLean County Board, not the county auditor, is authorized to determine the basis of accounting for county government, the county state's attorney's office said. The Pantagraph reports that in an ...
Dec 05, 2019
A Decade After Recession, Illinois’ Construction Industry is Ice Cold
(Austin Berg/Illinois Policy) -- Ten years ago, the nation bottomed out. The second quarter of 2009 was the lowest point of the Great Recession, the ashes from which the U.S. economy would rise. New d...
Dec 05, 2019
Rep. Rodney Davis Pushes Bill to Stop Illegal Robocalls
US Rep. Rodney Davis voted in favor of the TRACED Act on Thursday in an effort to combat illegal robocalls. The bill passed the Senate in a 97-1 vote and is expected to be signed into law. "Robocalls ...
Dec 05, 2019
Shots Fired in Normal
Normal police tell us multiple shots were fired at a 2nd floor apartment at 1005 Charlotte Drive early Thursday morning. The address is near Shelbourne Drive and a block west of Constitution Trail. NP...
Dec 05, 2019
Illinois Lawmakers Urging House Speaker Madigan to Resign
Illinois lawmakers are calling on House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign from his post, according to WLDS Radio. Republicans Mark Batinick, Randy Frese, Margo McDermed and Tom Morrison are urging Mad...
Dec 04, 2019
90th Annual Bloomington-Normal Jaycees Christmas Parade This Saturday
The 90th annual Bloomington-Normal Jaycees Christmas Parade steps is this Saturday The parade steps off at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kingsley Junior High School, 303 Kingsley St., Normal, then proceeds sout...
Dec 04, 2019
Pritzker Signs Legislation Strengthening Most Equity-Centric Adult-Use Cannabis Law in the Nation
Surrounded by dozens of criminal justice reform advocates and lawmakers at Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation today to strengthen the most equity-centric adult-use cannab...
Dec 04, 2019
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