First Year of the 103rd General Assembly - The Illinois General Assembly adjourned the 2023 regular session in the early morning hours on May 27, 2023.
The Normal Town Council meets remotely, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
The Normal Town Council on Monday night heard updates about this weekend’s train derailment and fires, including that specialized equipment should arrive Tuesday to transport debris.
Also at the remote meeting, the council awarded Stark Excavating an $863,000 contract to complete a culvert project on Gregory Street; OK d spending $365,000 on a Maxwell Park update; and renewed a contract for City Manager Pam Reece.
Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner and Fire Chief Mick Humer attended the meeting to share updates on the weekend events: Early Saturday morning when 16 cars of a 100-plus car freight train derailed in Uptown; that afternoon, a fire destroyed 12 units at Sugar Creek Apartments on Linden Street. But the weekend wasn’t over: Two overturned trailers from the derailment caught fire Sunday, when a saddle tank for diesel fuel ruptured. It flared again Monday morning.