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The 100th birthday of Route 66 is not lost on businesses and attractions who depend on it. In Lexington, Towanda, Atlanta and Normal, proprietors acknowledge the importance of the nostalgia-driven love for the Mother Road is not just a moment in its history, but a movement they are a part of.

The summer music season kicks off in earnest this weekend, with fresh air options in almost every flavor.

Lebanon and Israel provisionally agreed in Washington to a new ceasefire Wednesday. But hours later Israel continued attacks and the militant group

A journey up or down Route 66 in McLean County this weekend is one which travels through time.

Heartland is set to regain funding in most programs from last year, following the state's 1% increase in community college funding, but will lose a health care training grant.

Prosecutors said Thursday that “additional individuals have come forward” in the case against a Unit 5 junior high teacher accused of grooming at least one child.

The vote was 4-2 with commission members Bob Broad and Mike Matejka voting against the changes. The recommendation will go before the Normal Town Council at its June 15 meeting.

The World Cup is among many major sporting events on Hardiman's Levy calendar. He was at the Kentucky Derby in May and in New York for Saturday's Belmont Stakes. He was in Oklahoma City recently for the NBA Western Conference Finals and works a number of top-level tennis tournaments, including the U.S. Open.

Illinois lawmakers unanimously passed a bill during the spring legislative session that gives more transparency and tools to parents to defend themselves in child abuse cases.

Just four days after a local benefactor pulled the plug after years of bearing event costs himself, the Balloons Over 66 Weekend Committee said late Friday that they've figured out how to keep the balloons flying another year. It was not immediately clear how, or who will be picking up the cost.