Ukranian family finds home in Bloomington after fleeing war
Five people and four generations of Zhanna Shypulia's family have moved nearly a dozen times since Russia invaded her home city of Kherson in February. They don't plan to go back.
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Five people and four generations of Zhanna Shypulia's family have moved nearly a dozen times since Russia invaded her home city of Kherson in February. They don't plan to go back.
This year's Red Cross Evening of Stars keynote speaker plans a night of magic, comedy and some hard life lessons when he addresses a gathering in Normal. Jon Dorenbos is a former pro football player who turned to magic when he was a kid to take his mind off his mother's murder. Dorenbos' father killed her.
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.
There’s a lot more to the Bloomington-Normal real estate market than single-family homes. The commercial market includes office space, retail, industrial, and big apartments. And it's on its own cycle, typically following the residential market but several months behind.
Illinois State Senator Dave Koehler and Illinois State Representative candidate Sharon Chung held a meet and g...