Bloomington (Illinois)

Beasley, Dawn E.

WESTFIELD - Dawn Eileen Beasley, 43, of Westfield, Illinois formerly of Bloomington, Illinois passed away at 10:44 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Coles County, Illinois. She was born on...

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Ill. governor candidate wants more charter schools

Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady wants to eliminate the cap on charter schools in Illinois. The Bloomington state senator says that would help improve education in the state. The number of charter schools is...

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Along The Mackinaw River Photographs by Ken Kashian Poems by Lucia Getsi, Gabriel Gudding, Tim...

Ken Kashian kkashian Bloomington, Illinois, USA Ken Kashian has been a professional photographer for 30 years. Since 1981 he has worked for the Illinois Farm Bureau, and is Director of Photographic Services. He has traveled...

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High-speed pavilion crash proves fatal at Indiana Dunes

CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Conservation officers say an Illinois man has died in a high-speed crash inside the Indiana Dunes State Park. The body of 23-year-old Hudson Evans of Bloomington, Ill., was found by a visitor...

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Burton Franklin Harrison

KERRVILLE — Burton Franklin Harrison, born July 10, 1927, in Clinton, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Peterson Regional Medical Center in Kerrville, Texas. Burt grew up in Bloomington, Ill., and enlisted in the U.S. Navy...

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PrairieThunder Face three Games

International Hockey League (IHL) Bloomington PrairieThunder Upcoming games: Friday (Nov. 13) vs. Dayton at 7:05 p.m. at U.S. Cellular Coliseum; Saturday (Nov. 14) vs. Quad City at 7:05 p.m. at U.S. Cellular Coliseum; Sunday...

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Backyard Tire Fire Proclaims It’s “Good To Be” with Steve Berlin-produced New Album

As we reported back in January, Bloomington, IL bar-rockers Backyard Tire Fire went into the studio with producer/member of Los Lobos Steve Berlin. The band announces that the new album will be called Good to Be and will be...

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Pink in the Rink' with the PrairieThunder

November 8, 2009 - International Hockey League (IHL) Bloomington PrairieThunder BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Bloomington PrairieThunder, in conjunction with Deb's Mardi Gras Marchers 'Relay for Life' team, will sponsor 'Pink in the...

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Whooping cranes making slow progress over Illinois

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Twenty whooping cranes led by four ultra-light aircraft are poised to fly over Central Illinois on their way to wintering grounds in Florida. Liz Condie, a spokesman for Wisconsin-based Operation Migration,...

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Ill. governor candidates split on health care

By DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS CHICAGO (AP) - Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by...

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