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Bella Marello

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Bella Marello

    Hope Chicago scholarship program celebrates 5 years of impact (opens the original)

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    Hope Chicago celebrated five years of providing hope to students with “Higher Ed Unfiltered,” a discussion on the state of higher education at Illinois State University. The scholarship program has provided free tuition, housing and board, technology and emergency funds to over 3,000 Illinois families, with 170 scholars currently attending ISU. “Coming from the inner city and the south and west sides of Chicago, many of us don't have plans or dreams to go to college,” said senior Hope Scholar Ka

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Bella Marello

    ISU students focus on healing the community with volunteer work in memory of 9/11 (opens the original)

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    Illinois State University’s Center for Civic Engagement on Saturday hosted Redbirds Remember, a day of service in memory of 9/11, including a ceremony and volunteer work. “Having actually lived through that time, it was really a time of yeah there’s a lot of bad stuff in the world, but there’s a lot of good too, and when we work together, that’s really the best of humanity,” said School Street Food Pantry manager Elaine Capek. Katy Strzepek, director of the Center for Civic Engagement [CCE], sai

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Bella Marello

    Empire Street set for two-day construction closure near Bloomington High School (opens the original)

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    Illinois 9 [Empire Street] will be closed from Towanda Avenue to Colton Avenue near the north side of Bloomington High School [BHS] on Sept. 3 and 4. Closure of the one-way street travelling westbound makes way for a $15.4 million investment reconstructing the pavement. If necessary, construction may continue from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 8. District 87 Director of Communications Gina Lavazza said BHS traffic and buses will be rerouted, and extra support with traffic was requested from the Bloo

  4. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Bella Marello

    Damage assessments set for McLean County after recent severe storms (opens the original)

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    State and federal emergency management officials have announced upcoming assessments of damage caused by the recent severe storms and flooding in McLean County. Starting Monday, representatives from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Small Business Administration will conduct a multi-county preliminary damage assessment. According to the McLean County Emergency Management Agency [EMA], these joint assessments will help state and federal officia

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Bella Marello

    McLean County mail-in voting currently unaffected by Supreme Court ruling (opens the original)

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    Election officials in McLean County said a recent Supreme Court ruling allowing President Donald Trump to pursue mail-in voting restrictions will not immediately affect Bloomington-Normal. “It's business as usual. We will be notified by the ISBE [Illinois State Board of Elections] if anything changes,” Bloomington Election Commission Acting Executive Director Stephanie Hanner said. Director of Elections for McLean County Mark Senger said he was concerned that the county clerk's office may lose p

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