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Lets test your knowledge with todays quiz from Bill Flick.

The college held a ribbon-cutting celebration on Wednesday for Widmer Family Plaza in honor of Rob Widmer, Heartland's president for five years who worked 22 years at the college.

It's been five years -- almost to the day -- since the word "Rivian" was first uttered publicly in Bloomington-Normal. WGLT's Sound Ideas has this look back at the last five years, from small meetings with taxing bodies ... to stealth mode ... to the Nasdaq.

Normal town staff and council members called out council member Stan Nord Monday night on several issues when he questioned town practices, including a bill for a drainage study in Uptown.

The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. This Year, Widmer Brothers’ Hefe Day Will Benefit the Bar and Restaurant Industry From May 15-31, the company will donate a dollar from every pint sold to the Oregon Hospitality Foundation. (Carleigh Oeth) Updated May 11 In recent years, no May passes in Portland without a blowout birthday bash for one of the city’s most...

PEORIA — In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United Sta...

PEORIA — In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United Sta...