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WEBBloomington-Normal unemployment drops below 5%. Eric Stock. , September 26, 2024. According to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, a bulk of the new jobs in Bloomington-Normal are in Leisure and Hospitality. Local News. Big rains are worsening nutrient pollution in rivers.
At Bloomington's 911 dispatch center, helping others makes the
WEBDec 1, 2021 — The Bloomington Communications Center is the first dispatch center in Illinois to earn accreditation from the International Academy of Emergency Dispatch in part for its handling of calls with diligence and respect. That's not an easy thing to do in the middle of a crisis. No day is the same for telecommunicators handling 911 calls.
Normal Fire Department Uses Tacos To Educate On Weather Lingo …
WEBJul 7, 2021 — The Normal Fire Department may have just finally ended the confusion between a tornado watch and warning … with tacos. Normal Fire went viral with a May 3 post on Facebook that likened the differences between a tornado watch and tornado warning to the making of tacos. It was conceived in part by Normal Fire communications director Matt Swaney.
Datebook - Arts, Music and Theater in Bloomington-Normal - WGLT
WEBSep 20, 2024 — Datebook - Arts & Music. WGLT helps you connect with the Bloomington-Normal arts community and find things to do. You can listen to WGLT's Datebook series every Friday on Sound Ideas, or Saturdays and Sundays at 8:35 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. Datebook is made possible with support from PNC Financial Services.
An Even Keel Has Kept Country Star John Conlee Grounded
WEBPublished August 7, 2019 at 1:58 PM CDT. Listen • 7:27. John Conlee. John Conlee play the Normal Theater tomorrow night. John Conlee is one of those small-town boys that made good. Coming of age in the 1950s on a farm outside Versailles, Kentucky, Conlee’s family sold eggs door to door and raised sheep and even feeder pigs.
How Music Radio Reacted To 9/11 - WGLT
WEBSep 10, 2021 — How Music Radio Reacted To 9/11. Some songs by AC/DC, Alanis Morrissette, Cat Stevens, and Drowning Pool were all banned by some radio stations following the 9/11 attacks. This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Charlie Schlenker talked with WGLT Audio Director Jon Norton about his recollections of that day 20 years ago.
Modernizing The Button: History You Can Hold - WGLT
WEBApr 24, 2019 — The "modern" button, lampwork artist Delilah Davis creates 3-D buttons inspired by glass marbles. Mary Cullen / WGLT. Most historical artifacts get tucked away in museums behind locked doors and thick glass. For some, the best piece of history fits in your palm and sits in a drawer at home. Lisa Schulz started as a reluctant button collector.
Startup newspaper helps western Illinois communities avoid …
WEBMay 12, 2023 — The Community News Brief is harnessing the journalism expertise still in Macomb to fill a local news void. Walking around the courthouse square in Macomb in west central Illinois, you can sense that this used to be a decent news town. A sign for WGEM-TV — the NBC affiliate in Quincy — still hangs from a building on the square’s southeast ...
State Farm drops support of a program that promotes LGBTQ
WEBMay 24, 2022 — State Farm has ended its partnership with a nonprofit organization that promotes LGBTQ education for children. The Bloomington-based insurer dropped its support of Chicago-based GenderCool after receiving backlash. GenderCool executive director Jen Grosshandler said the group worked with State Farm about a year ago to provide books about gender ...