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The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill., Randy Kindred column
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Larry Lyons bleeds red, same as you and me. However, his is a specific shade, tinted by a quarter century-plus in Illinois State's athletic department. When you're built that way, when you ooze Redbird red, it had to cut deep two years ago when Lyons --... -
Jail fills mental health need, for better or worse
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The McLean County jail's de facto role as Bloomington-Normal's largest provider of residential mental health services fits a trend seen across the country -- a troubling and unsatisfactory solution to the problem of helping those who are among the poorest...Tags: Prisons, Behavioral Conditions, Family, Chemical Industry, The Salvation Army
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Breakfast club: Chicago-area pilots fly to B-N for food
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The smell of scrambled eggs, bacon and pancakes hangs in the air inside CJ's Restaurant as more than a dozen private airplanes make a landing outside on a recent Sunday. The 18 pilots and their passengers, 33 people in total, flew into Central...Tags: Palatine, Electronics, Science and Technology, Chicago Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Employees give their time Sat. during Nicor Gas Volunteer Day
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Ivory Steele has an intellectual disability, has spent much of his life in state institutions and is largely nonverbal. But on Saturday morning, sitting in his wheelchair outside Marcfirst, 1606 Hunt Drive, Normal, he reached out to two day lilies, said...Tags: Nicor Incorporated, Multiple Sclerosis, American Red Cross, Human Interest, Habitat for Humanity International
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BRIEF: Wrong-way driver crashes into police car
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.A LeRoy police officer avoided injury late Friday when a driver of a second vehicle sideswiped his police car while traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 74 near the LeRoy exit. Neither police officer Brian H. Taylor, 37, of LeRoy, nor the...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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McLean County begins West Nile surveillance
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.As temperatures warm and mosquito activity increases, the McLean County Health Department has begun its annual West Nile virus surveillance efforts. Birds and mosquito pools are tested to assess West Nile risk to humans. Mosquitoes become infected...Tags: Headaches, Symptoms, Medical Procedures and Tests, West Nile Virus, Health
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BIS program graduate an example of UVa's non-traditional students
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va.Sometimes doing it the hard way is the best way. Alex Slawski is graduating from the University of Virginia on Sunday, 14 years after he dropped out of college to learn the ins and outs of business the hard way and just two years after he returned to...Tags: State Farm Insurance, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Southwest Airlines Co., Students
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Exhibit looks at history of asbestos in McLean County
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.What is asbestos? Asbestos is a natural mineral that has been used in thousands of products through the years because it is strong but flexible, resistant to high temperatures and a good insulator. Its use now is more regulated, but asbestos has...Tags: Museums, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy, Pneumonia
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Bloomington gas station owes $700,000 in back taxes
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.A service station with a wall of empty beer refrigerators is seeking a new liquor license but first needs to settle up with the state of Illinois on several hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. Price Rite Food Mart, 706 N. Clinton St., owes...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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BRIEF: Bloomington man convicted of sexually assaulting woman
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.A McLean County jury has convicted a Bloomington man of criminal sexual assault charges related to an incident involving a woman he met at the downtown bar where he worked. Derry Jay Sanders, 34, of the 100 block of South Lee Street, was accused of...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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B-N Boys & Girls Club names interim chief professional officer
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.A Boys & Girls Club professional with a history of turning around financially struggling clubs has been named interim chief professional officer of Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal. Jodi Martin, who most recently served as interim executive...Tags: Elgin
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