Archive for July 2020

Reposted with permission of WMBD By Darronté Matthews BLOOMINGTON  — Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton made a trip to Bloomington, Friday, as a part of a recent tour throughout the state. One of the stops on Stratton’s tour was to Sunnyside Community Garden & Food Forest. The garden started in 2016 as a high school project…

By Michele Evans, Grants & Communications Director LEROY – July 3, was an early Independence Day for the seniors of LeRoy with the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Living Well United senior center. View photos from grand opening Barb Whiteman, Director of Living Well United, worked tirelessly beginning January 4 to remodel the…

By Michele Evans, Grants & Communications Director CHATSWORTH – Thirteen Livingston County teens took part in a free summer class offered by the Boys & Girls Club of Livingston County and Community Connection Group of Central Illinois to help them build their leadership and entrepreneurial skills. The class, offered for four hours, four days a…

Reposted with permission from The Pantagraph By Maria Nagel; Photos by David Proeber BLOOMINGTON — Watching an excavating crane start demolishing the former Red Fox food store in West Bloomington brought a sense of closure for Denise Perry. Her son, Antonio Perry, was fatally shot as he was shopping at the store on Oct. 31,…