Bloomington

David S. Broder dies at 81; Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

2011-03-10 00:00:00

David S. Broder, one of the nation's leading political reporters and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1973 for distinguished commentary about the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 81. Broder, a longtime columnist at the Washington Post, died Wednesday at...

Insurers learn to pinpoint risks -- and avoid them

2006-11-28 00:00:00

NEWARK, CALIF. — Hemant Shah is in the business of creating catastrophes. The computers at Shah's Silicon Valley company, Risk Management Solutions Inc., contain mathematical models of every U.S. disaster from the 1812 earthquake that toppled...

From supporting actor to star, Richard Jenkins steps up in 'The Visitor'

2008-04-06 00:00:00

THERE is no such thing as a Richard Jenkins movie, though he's been in more than 70 of them. Even in his best-known role -- as the mortuary paterfamilias, Nathaniel Fisher, on the HBO series "Six Feet Under" -- Jenkins was dead, haunting the characters...

Salvaged in style

2007-06-07 00:00:00

CARRIE CARR knows a good piece of trash when she sees it. Take the kitchen cabinet that she salvaged from an apartment building under renovation and turned into a glass-fronted display case. Or the living room piece — "my gangsta coffee table,"...

Doris J. Dungey dies at 47; She wrote a highly regarded blog on the mortgage industry meltdown

2008-12-05 00:00:00

Doris J. Dungey, an influential blogger who under the pseudonym Tanta wrote about the failing U.S. mortgage industry, died of ovarian cancer Nov. 30 at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. She was 47. Dungey wrote for Calculated Risk, a...

Hay honored as 50-year member of Hillcrest Grange

2013-05-22 12:30:00

Somerset County Grangers celebrated 50 continuous years of membership of one of their loyal members at a dinner meeting held May 8 in Somerset Township.� David R. Hay of Somerset received the National Grange's "Golden Sheaf" certificate and a 50-year...

BRIEF: Wrong-way driver crashes into police car

2013-05-19 02:04:02

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...

Despite need, no county mental health money used for housing

2013-05-20 10:44:01

The chronically mentally ill are more likely to be chronically poor and homeless, advocates say, leaving them vulnerable to funding decisions of legislators and service providers that decide how limited public money is spent. As state dollars for...

The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill., Randy Kindred column

2013-05-19 10:04:02

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

2013-05-19 10:14:01

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...

Breakfast club: Chicago-area pilots fly to B-N for food

2013-05-19 10:14:01

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...

Employees give their time Sat. during Nicor Gas Volunteer Day

2013-05-19 02:04:02

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...

Kenda Jochim, Bloomington, IL, comments on the city's $20 million proposal to upgrade Lexington Market as she enjoys lunch at Faidley Seafood. Sitting next to her is Donna Lobdell, Ft. Wayne, IN.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

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2012-05-04 00:00:00

Joshua Travis in his dorm room at Illinois State University. After college Joshua dreams of participating in an agricultural field study while backpacking through Europe.

2012-03-19 00:00:00