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Project Oz Two Twin City nonprofit agencies will expand services in areas of high need after being awarded state grants funded by marijuana tax money. Project Oz and Prairie State Legal Services will both get about $200,000 to focus on areas of Bloomington affected by chronic and historical disinvestment, though amounts of the grants might not be final. Prairie State Director Adrian Barr said his organization will use the money to do outreach to African Americans who traditionally distrust the criminal legal system. "They generalize those experience to encompass all issues regarding the law...

KAMP: Good riddance to 2020 Matt Kamp, mkamp@edwpub.net FacebookTwitterEmail It was a year that started with so much promise and ended in such disappointment. Luke Odom was on well his way to becoming Edwardsville’s second state champion in wrestling in three years and the Father McGivney girls basketball team was making history with each win it picked up at a frantic pace. Thankfully, the area was able to witness both those paths come to an end with Odom winning his state title in the 160-pound bracket of the Class 3A state meet and the FMCHS girls claiming first-ever Prairie State Confer...