Allison Petty

Central, Decatur

Editor at Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

Editor, @Pantagraph @HeraldandReview @JGTConline | Lover of local journalism, hot beverages and awkward animals. | RTs are only endorsements if they're funny.

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Articles

25 years ago: Mount Pisgah launches campaign for new building

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 16, 1925: Work of dismantling the third or earliest vein of the McLean County Coal Co. commenced yesterday.
50 years ago: Board considers bar service at McLean County Nursing Home

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives.
75 years ago: 3,500 pine trees set at Funks Grove

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 14, 1925: Witnessing, as one of the audience, the wonderful performance of "The Passion Play" given by the Bloomington Consistory Players this past week was a treat second to none.
Signs of spring appear in Bloomington-Normal

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

Despite overcast skies and chilly winds, telltale signs of warmer weather surfaced Sunday morning along Constitution Trail in Normal. The National Weather Service at Lincoln said Sunday would be the windiest day of the week, but gusts would continue to reach between 25-35 mph during the day Monday.
100 years ago: At 82, Logan County mayor may be state's oldest

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 13, 1925: Mayor Thomas Short of Emden, in Logan County, may be the oldest person holding the office in an Illinois municipality at the age of 82.
McLean County first responders mourn firefighter lost to cancer

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

McLean County first responders joined family and loved ones in mourning the loss of one of their own, 23-year-old Ethan Jeffreys of Gridley. Jeffreys, formerly of El Paso, was a probationary firefighter with the Normal Fire Department at the time of his death on April 7 after a battle with cancer. "While he was only with us a short time, he had a bright and promising career ahead of him," the fire department said in a statement announcing the loss.
75 years ago: Gov. Adlai Stevenson cuts ribbon at Bloomington Purina plant

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 12, 1925: The little city of Roanoke in Woodford County has easy access to an apparently inexhaustible supply of water at a minimum of cost. The only requirement is to tap the earth a few feet in depth.
50 years ago: Miller Park Zoo fundraising efforts to culminate in telethon

1 week ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 11, 1925: Two well-known Bloomingtonians have just returned home from a long sojourn in the sun-kissed states of Florida and California and both are well-qualified to give their views.
Bison playoff hopes end in Indy

2 weeks ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

FISHERS, Ind. — The Bloomington Bison's playoff hopes for their inaugural season ended with a 5-1 loss to their sister franchise, the Indy Fuel, on Wednesday night. The Bison lagged in shooting and scoring throughout the attempt. Goaltender Yaniv Perets made 27 saves on 31 shots from Indy. Fuel defenseman Ty Farmer scored the final goal in the closing minutes of the third period after Perets was pulled from the net to give the Bison an extra attacker.
100 years ago: Fire destroys Minonk ice plant

2 weeks ago | pantagraph.com | Allison Petty

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. Click the links to visit the original story in our newspapers.com archives. 100 years agoApril 10, 1925: Fire discovered early April 9 laid to waste the Peter McKeon ice manufacturing plant located in the south part of Minonk near the Illinois Central reservoir and almost destroyed an adjacent ice house, although the big stock of ice was saved.