Kaitlyn Klepec

5 days ago | pantagraph.com | Kaitlyn Klepec |Mateusz Janik

BLOOMINGTON — It has been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed Easter plans, forcing churches to rethink how they hold services. Although pastors say some things have changed permanently, they remain hopeful that those changes will encourage folks to keep practicing their faith. The Rev.

1 month ago | pantagraph.com | Olivia Jacobs |Kaitlyn Klepec

BLOOMINGTON — This month and next, various churches, Catholic schools, restaurants and other organizations are offering fish fries in observance of Lent, which started on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and continues through April 17. Lent is a 40-day period before Easter, marking a time for penance and preparation for Catholics and Christians, with many giving up meat on Fridays, along with other Lenten promises covenants, with the goal to be more Christ-like.

1 month ago | pantagraph.com | Kaitlyn Klepec |D. Jack Alkire

BLOOMINGTON — Multiple businesses sustained significant damage Thursday night after a fire caused a roof to collapse in a one-story strip mall in Bloomington, fire officials said. Bloomington firefighters were dispatched around 8:20 p.m. to the 1100 block of East Lafayette Street where they found smoke emanating from a commercial building, according to a news release from the department issued Friday morning.