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Each June, the DeWitt County Museum in Clinton has stunning textiles tucked in every nook and cranny. Handmade quilts adorn century-old furniture in the stately Victorian home once owned by C.H. Moore.

Quilted Keepsakes has been an annual attraction for decades, a quilt show and competition culled from the DeWitt County Museum's collection and community contributions loaned to them for the month.

“In fact, a couple years ago we had one lady that was just putting the final stiches in when she loaned the quilt to us,” museum director Joey Long said. “These ladies create these amazing pieces of art.”
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In today's episode, an entomologist explains why the cicadas have missed Bloomington-Normal, the DeWitt County Museum tells the story of how quilts aided the Underground Railroad, plus one man makes it his mission to turn the village of McLean into a video game mecca.
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McHistory: the ups and downs of the life of an elevator operator
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The Normal Town Council hasn't yet decided how to address the loss of grocery tax revenue included in the new state budget, according to Mayor Chris Koos.

That spending plan repeals the grocery tax, a move proposed by Gov. JB Pritzker. The state shared part of that money with cities and towns.
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This spring and early summer was supposed to be a time to "come on feel the noize" of cicadas. Two broods of periodic cicadas — one on a 17-year cycle, the other on a 13-year period — are emerging at the same time. But McLean County residents have NOT heard that pumped up volume so much.
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The Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO) has a new maestro.

Taichi Fukumura beat out three other finalists vying for the job last season, following Maestro Ken Lam's departure in 2022. He led the season opener in October and returned for the popular Holiday Pops in the Heartland.
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