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When celebrating Black History Month, I always recall enjoying the pork sandwiches at Jim’s Bar-B-Q, the first Black-owned restaurant where I ate after coming to Bloomington-Normal. The building in the

Normally, Halloween budgets tend to increase when there are multiple days to celebrate. This year, college students and other adults can start partying on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, plus

Affectionately known as “Dickie the Druggist,” Van Bree was a pharmacist, merchandiser and landlord. His first drug store was located in a two-story building near the southwest corner of Main Avenue and present-day S. Elm Street.