Teagan J. Whitaker @165_WhitakerT

The Veterans Day Ceremony, held at the Prairie Room in the Bone Student Center, honors and celebrates our veterans. We honor all who served current and past on November 11 each year.

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Illinois State University has many students with intriguing backstories. Flying all the way from New York, Emma Rauschenbach discovered ISU through their Gamma Phi Circus. After breaking her back, Rauschenbach ran away to the circus with aspirations of performing once more.

‘The plays never over.’ Audience members leave the theatre with excitement and adrenaline as ‘Trap’ concludes. Proud actors bow to the audience as the show wraps up…or is just getting started. Don’t fall into the #trap.

Desperate to uncover the truth to the night in the theatre, detectives, firefighter, scientist and more dive deeper into the mystery, using video footage, interviews, and more. With more evidence revealed, there is an eminent threat that the event may not be entirely in the past.

‘Can I tell you a secret?’ The play within a play continues as the plot grows thicker each scene. More backstory unfolds behind the mysterious incident in Menachap, California when every audience member but one suddenly fell unconscious during a high school play.

Adapting to mask mandates on stage, the tech crew grew creative, utilizing video projections of the cast to show their facial expressions and acting abilities safely.

Microphones and masks on every actor, Addison Trail’s Theatre is excited to perform in person for a live audience for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alongside her daughter Victoria, Maria Ramon is the winner of the grand prize basket, containing coupons to local businesses, snacks, tickets to the winter musical and more. The money collected by the Booster’s over the past four performances this weekend go to scholarship funds.

Addison Trail Theatre’s Booster Club raises 180 dollars for split-the-pot, with the winner, Victoria Ramon, going home with 90 dollars!

‘Don’t tell the secret!’ With five minutes remaining until the curtain opens, the Addison Trail Theatre Department Boosters play a slideshow naming sponsors, cast, and selling raffle and split-the-pot tickets.

Addison Trail High School presents ‘Trap’ by Stephen Gregg tonight at 7 p.m. Admission is free for students with an Addison Trail ID and five dollars for general admission.

Some of the more than 1,300 residents of the Town of @NormalILL who are way behind on water and sewer utility payments, potentially because of the pandemic, have begun to take care of the problem. wglt.org/local-news/202… #BloNo

.@McLeanHealth is reporting 43 new #COVID19 cases and a cumulative positivity rate of 4.3% per News Editor @meadjordan19: videtteonline.com/news/mchd-repo…

.@McLeanHealth is reporting two new deaths and 35 new #COVID19 cases. Twenty-five total patients are hospitalized in McLean County hospitals for the virus: videtteonline.com/news/mchd-repo…

Junior Gamma Phi Circus held its first meeting of the year, welcoming new and old volunteers to the program. Future coaches gathered at Thomas Metcalf School Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. to learn about the program and see what the next year entails.

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Bensenville Park District wraps up their Harvest Fest at Fischer Farm this weekend with beautiful weather and plenty of entertainment. With food, fun, animals, live music and more, community members look forward to nexts years fest.

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Elite American gymnasts Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols testified Wednesday against the handling of the Larry Nassar investigation. The gymnasts testified at a Senate hearing blaming the FBI and USA Gymnastics for mishandling the situation.

A road closure on East Beaufort Street will take place between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. The closure is due to external construction taking place on the Children’s Discovery Museum. All drivers are advised to be careful.

Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Mindy is expected to emerge over the western Atlantic midday today. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for sections of the Florida Panhandle bringing strong rain and wind to the area.