BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington will conduct "prescribed burns" this week to drive out weeds in several areas.
The burns typically start at 9 a.m. and end around 3:30 p.m.
The first burn is today at Miller Park Dam and Ewing Park III prairie area.
Future burns are Wednesday at Tipton Park and Thursday and Friday at The Den golf course.
The Bloomington City Council on Monday approved a formal admonishment for Ward 6 Ald. Jenn Carrillo, after she publicly committed this month to make "life a living hell" for two city council member elects.
Documents obtained by The Pantagraph show an inspector wrote that "draftstopping" in the Traditions Bloomington Apartments complex should "extend all the way to the top of the deck to prevent that fire spread."
BLOOMINGTON — Two Bloomington residents have been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and abuse.
Twenty years after the turn of the century, retired teacher Judy Hines woke up and suddenly remembered her sixth-graders had hidden a time capsule in Bloomington Junior High.
The Bloomington police and fire departments responded at 12:56 p.m. to East Washington Street between Vale Street and Towanda Avenue/State Street.
Law enforcement agencies in McLean County are prepared and monitoring plans for possible protests as a verdict is expected soon in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday he would activate 125 personnel from the Illinois National Guard statewide.
“We typically do get one or two snow events into April,” said Alex Erwin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Lincoln.
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A Heyworth man was released from custody Monday on pending methamphetamine charges.
Before the verdict was announced in the Derek Chauvin trial, The Pantagraph asked community leaders about the case. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd that stirred worldwide protests.
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