The Bloomington-Normal MLK Awards Ceremony, which began in 1976, has grown from 75 attendees to 500, and was one of the first cities in Illinois to declare a King holiday and name a street and park ...

BLOOMINGTON — Harley Heumann hunches over the forearm of his client, carefully needling black pigment into the shape of flowers. The 28-year-old Bloomington tattoo artist's pen softly buzzes as he ...