Events

Genealogy Research Series

Genealogy Research Series Normal Public Library Friday, October 25, 2018 7:30pm – 8:00pm We’re offering three genealogy research presentations this fall. The classes are all self-contained, so please come to whichever ones interest you. October 25th is the second presentation — The Deceptive Ancestor: Separating Family Fiction from Fact. Our guest speaker professional Genealogist Paul…… MORE

After Hours Teen Halloween Party

After Hours Teen Halloween Party Normal Public Library Friday, October 26, 2018 5:30pm – 8:00pm Join us for a horrifying evening of costumes, games, tricks, treats, and more at this after hours event! Feel free to dress up for a costume contest, or create your own zombie look at our makeup station. Then get ready…… MORE

Halloween Hoopla

October 26th from 6-8pm at the Children’s Discovery Museum Make a memory at this fall event designed for ghosts and goblins of all ages! Kids and grown-ups alike come in costume to celebrate Halloween with trick-or-treating in museum exhibits, creepy crafts and ghostly games. The Zoo Crew will be here to complete your look with…… MORE

Haunted Trail (scary trail)

October 26-27 from 6:30-9pm Come out to the Haunted Trail and get spooked! The haunting will take place on Constitution Trail between Vernon Avenue and the Connie Link Amphitheatre. The fee is $2 per person.… MORE

Howl at the Market (Halloween Market)

To celebrate the end of the Farmers’ Market season, kids who attend are invited to wear Halloween costumes and if they’re 12 or under, pick up a “BOO BUCK” at the Information Booth, which can be used to shop the market for specially marked items. The Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market is a producer-only market that…… MORE

Antique Plow Day

Antique Plow Day Supports Foods Resource Bank Saturday, Oct. 27th, 8 am—2 pm Jim Schwoerer Farm 3823 W. Ziebarth Road Bloomington, IL 61705 Entry Fee donation—$10 per plow Prizes awarded for best plowing quality. For additional information contact Ron Zook at 963-4947 or 825-0925. 8:30 Tractor Registration Begins (1959 models or older) 10:00 Plowing Begins…… MORE

Pepper Ridge Elementary Craft & Vendor Show

Join us for the second annual Pepper Ridge Elementary Craft & Vendor Show on Saturday, October 27 from 9 am-4 pm! This event features free admission and over 80 crafters and vendors with fun and unique items for sale. Food trucks will be on site, as well as a balloon artist and a PTO bake…… MORE

100 Years of Native American Sovereignty

100 Years of Native American Sovereignty Sat Oct 27 1:00 Native peoples in Central Illinois established successful trade relationships with the French and British. At the end of the American Revolution, a more tumultuous relationship developed between native groups and the American colonizers moving into this region. The United States saw Illinois as a land…… MORE

Haunted Trail (scary trail)

Blogs

WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud

At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.

WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise

On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.

WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress

One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.

WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers

By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…