Evans Junior High News Today

Karen Spurgeon profiles Gail Wortmann, an award-winning science teacher who finds many students are now "communication junkies."

Unit 5 is facing a deficit — a big one that has been growing for years. The district is deep into a public engagement process, gathering opinions on how to deal with the structural budget problem and building public awareness of a potential referendum to address the issue.

Four more McLean County residents have died of COVID-19. The McLean County Health Department said Monday the latest deaths include two men in their 60s and two women — one in her 70s and one over 100.

Three newcomers were elected to the Unit 5 school board on Tuesday. Kentrica Coleman, Jeremy DeHaai and Stan Gozur were the top vote-getters as results came in late Tuesday, according to preliminary returns from the county and city election authorities. The trio were among six candidates vying for three open seats. No incumbents sought re-election. Coleman currently serves on Unit 5s Citizens Advisory Council. She’s also president of the Evans Junior High PTO and works with several booster cl...