Normal Township News Today

Fifty years ago, the makeup of the McLean County Unit 5 school board was challenged by the ACLU. This history and more:

A Tennessee man will be held in McLean County custody pending trial after he was arrested on armed robbery charges.

Farmer S. Noble King, a Civil War veteran, helped shape Illinois agriculture and horse breeding and became part of Bloomington-Normal history.

Normal Township Activity and Recreation Center (ARC) is expanding upon its Willow Street location to include a new outdoor Greenspace. The new space at the senior center is set for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 20.

Attorney Tom Devore has filed his response to the Normal Electoral Board on behalf of Amy Conklin, Charles Sil...

The three-person board will review objections to multiple candidacy petitions that were filed for offices that either do not currently exist within the municipality, or have historically been appointed.

Property assessments are used to figure how much property tax home and other property owners must pay. The assessment is supposed to be about a third of the market value. As most people probably know by now, sale prices of homes are going way up in central Illinois.

Sarah Grammer resigned from her position as Normal Township Supervisor during a trustees meeting on Thursday night. ARC director of operations Jess Ray was appointed to fill the remainder of Grammer's term as supervisor.

It's been nearly three months since Heartland's Board of Trustees voted in favor of establishing a new public safety department that would end the college's longstanding practice of contracting out its security workers.

Addressing food insecurity is one of the primary purposes of School Street Food Pantry, in existence since September 2018. But its organizers say its services extend beyond just that of a food pantry: It's an opportunity to connect with people, too.