Candace Summers News Today

There was a time people operated elevators across the country, instead of passengers just pressing buttons as they do today.

Planning a trip to a cemetery for genealogy research can lead to great discoveries about ancestors. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your visit.

The 29th annual Evergreen Cemetery Walk returns this Saturday and Sunday, with tours starting at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day, and continues next weekend.

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The McLean County Museum of History is teaming up with unions for a new way to highlight the skills and services offered by local businesses, unions, trades people, skilled workers and artisans.

Pt.fwd kicks off a new concert season on Feb. 26 with Chicago musicians Macie Stewart and Lia Kohl at the McLean Country Museum of History. Pt.fwd and the museum began their partnership in 2019, but the pandemic has held back their ability to host live, in-person concerts — until now.

Cogs and Corsets: A Steampunk Happening Event Co-Chairs Cathy Sutliff, left, and Candace Summers is happening June 4-5 in downtown Bloomington. For Event co-chair Candace Summers, the timing couldn’t be better. “This is probably one of the first major outdoor festival-type activities that the community has had (since the pandemic began),” Summers said. “A lot of us are vaccinated, getting vaccinated, we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, so I really think its a way to kind ...

Candace Summers McLean County Museum of History When you think of “Turkey Day,” it may drum up images of family gatherings around the table on Thanksgiving Day, the Macy’s parade or football games. But, in the late 1930s, during the later days of the Great Depression, “Turkey Day” in Bloomington took on a different meaning. On Dec. 21, 1937, the first Turkey Day was held in downtown Bloomington, sponsored by the Junior Association of Commerce (JAC) as a busi...

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 Jessica Donald is pictured in her parents’ Burlington, Ont., home in February 2020. (Ariana Kelland/CBC) This story is part of the CBC News series Stopping Domestic Violence. It had originally been scheduled to publish in the spring, but was delayed pending the outcome of a CBC application to lift a publication ban identifying the complainant in a sexual assault case against Kevin Evans .  Evans challenged the application, bu...