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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the eighth annual Indiana Life Sciences Summit today, BioCrossroads recognized the late William A. Cook, the founder of Bloomington-based Cook Group and one of the world's great entrepreneurial success stories, with the August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year award. Cook Group President Kem Hawkins accepted the award as a tribute to his friend and colleague. Now the largest privately held medical device company in the world, the...

MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT PAUL and BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) announced today that Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Bloomington, Minn., will host the 2015 Summer National Senior Games - one of the largest recurring multi-sport events in the United States and the largest multi-sport event in the world for seniors. Tentatively scheduled for July 2015, this 16-day event will bring in excess of 13,500 male and female athletes - ages 50 and over...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- An error in the most recent edition of the local AT&T phone book and the Yellow Book directed Monroe Hospital callers to an entirely different kind of service -- an adult entertainment hotline. And callers who expected to schedule their next appointment instead found they could get anything they wanted for "$3.99 a minute," according to the hotline. Both an advertisement and a phone number listing in the white pages featured correct...

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Undercover footage from a second Indiana Planned Parenthood clinic shows an emerging pattern of abuse, as more clinic counselors evade their legal responsibility to report the statutory rape of young girls. The new footage is the second video in Live Action Film's "Mona Lisa Project," a series of investigations documenting how secret abortions keep young girls trapped in cycles of sexual abuse. In the video, shot undercover this summer at a...

Today Community- Resource information fair for seniors; 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Eureka Nazarene Church fellowship hall. Sponsored by Woodford County TRIAD and Eureka Public Library's "Prime Time." Disaster preparedness seminar, 10 a.m.; lunch stand open, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.- U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson mobile office hours; 10:30 a.m. to noon, Clinton City Hall; 1 to 2:30 p.m., Weldon Library; and 3 to 4:30 p.m., Farmer City City Hall.- Twin City Tale Spinners; 6:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library...

FYI Stay updated Visit www.pantagraph.com for the latest road closures. Long term A list of long-term road projects, including work in uptown Normal, is updated weekly in Monday's Pantagraph. New Locust Street, between Prairie and McLean streets in Bloomington, will have one eastbound lane closed through Friday for sewer repair. Today Office hours - U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson will have mobile office hours from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Clinton City Hall; 1 to 2:30 p.m., Weldon Library; and 3 to...

BLOOMINGTON - The 10th annual back-to-school block party will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at the corner of Lee and Monroe streets. Some 500 school kits plus additional supplies will be given away. Gates open at 10 a.m. but the line forms early. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to receive supplies. The event also includes free food and games, health checks, toothbrushes and mental health information, as well as entertainment and agency displays. (c) 2008 Pantagraph....

Antique road show It's an even dozen this year as the annual Antique Auto Exhibition at Bloomington's David Davis Mansion returns for the 12th time Saturday. You can bet your sweet hood ornament that there'll be a lot more than a dozen vehicles on display. In fact, the current estimate is around 75 cars hailing from the early 1900s through the ancient '70s. In addition to being on display, they'll also be part of the event's traditional "Parade of Progress" cruise round the grounds at 2 p.m....

By Sarah Morin, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. Jul. 29--The majority of students with disabilities in Monroe County Community School Corp. are spending most of their school day in regular general education classrooms, a striking contrast from the time when most special education students learned in isolation from other kids their age. While part of that shift is attributed to changes in approach that now emphasize mainstreaming, another important factor is the increase in the number...

By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Jul. 1--NORMAL -- Grant Zimmerman painted his first circle on the paint wall Monday at the Children's Discovery Museum. He also went on the two-story Luckey Climber -- where he got stuck and unstuck. Then the 2-year-old ventured outside and played with the monster bubbles. -- | "He's having fun," said his mother, Rita Zimmerman of Normal. And he wasn't alone. More than 1,700 children and adults took advantage of free admission and a...