Normal Fire Department Uses Tacos To Educate On Weather Lingo …
WEBJul 7, 2021 · The Normal Fire Department may have just finally ended the confusion between a tornado watch and warning … with tacos. Normal Fire went viral with a May 3 post on Facebook that likened the differences between a tornado watch and tornado warning to the making of tacos. It was conceived in part by Normal Fire communications director Matt Swaney.
9/11 Impact On Civil Liberties Runs Deep After Two Decades
WEBSep 9, 2021 · Ed Yohnka is a spokesperson for the ACLU of Illinois. Two decades after the 9/11 attacks, the nation has not yet deeply reconsidered the national security response to the tragedy and whether the rights of citizens have eroded, according to the ACLU of Illinois. Four or five years after the event, the national conversation began to be about ...
Bloomington library launches public phase of capital campaign to …
WEBApr 5, 2022 · The Bloomington Public Library is using National Library Giving Day on Wednesday to help raise money for the final pieces of a planned $25.2 million expansion.
Rural libraries to receive financial boost from Secretary of State
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A new technology grant is adding some extra funding for several rural libraries in Central Illinois. The libraries have two years to spend the grant awards from the Illinois Secretary of State's office on tech upgrades.
$345 Million Wind Energy Project Coming To Central Illinois
WEBMay 21, 2021 · Enel Green Power North American. An official with the company bringing a $345 million wind farm project to central Illinois says there will be significant economic and environmental impact to the plan. Located just west of Clinton and Wapella, the Alta Farms Two wind farm will start providing power in late 2022.
Illinois Aims To Drive Tourism Growth As Full Reopening Approaches
WEBMay 12, 2021 · Illinois is set to loosen COVID-19 restrictions on Friday as the state approaches full reopening June 11. Christine Hatfield, a graduate student in University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program, is WGLT and WCBU's PAR intern for the first half of 2021. A new tourism campaign aims …
Alain Delon, cinematic heartthrob and beloved French actor, has …
WEBAug 18, 2024 · An agent for one of Delon's sons confirmed the death. His three children released a statement on Sunday to the news agency Agence France-Presse saying the actor had died peacefully at his home in Douchy, France. Born in a wealthy Parisian suburb, Delon endured a tumultuous early life. His parents divorced when he was 4 years old.
Center for Human Services to add to low-income housing options …
WEBMay 6, 2024 · Melissa Ellin. /. WGLT. McLean County Center for Human Services CEO Joan Hartman. After receiving more than $9 million in state funding, the McLean County Center for Human Services plans to develop a new apartment building for low-income renters. The funding is part of $123 million in state …
A 9-year-old non-verbal boy exclaimed 'Wow' at Boston …
WEBMay 20, 2024 · When 9-year-old Ronan Mattin exclaimed “wow” at a Handel and Haydn Society performance of Mozart’s Funeral Music at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 2019, his grandfather Stephen was initially worried his grandson, who is largely non-verbal and has autism, had disrupted the performance. But the reactions from the audience, the musicians and from the Handel and Haydn president David Snead were ...
In Cairo, massive 3D printer provides affordable housing hope
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Capitol News Illinois. A drone view shows a 3D printer in Cairo on Saturday, building the town’s first new home construction in nearly 50 years. A massive 12-ton 3D printer has arrived in Cairo to construct a duplex on vacant land behind the town’s city hall. The towering gantry system stretches into the sky as the machine, guided by a ...