Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 14th of August.
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🎭 Culture
Prairie Fire Theatre and Studio Connect join forces for their first collaboration on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a family-friendly musical retelling of a biblical story.
The show runs today through Aug. 16 at the Astroth Community Education Center Theater on the Heartland Community College campus in Normal—tickets cost between $4.50 and $22.50.
🏛️ Government
Thursday night, the McLean County Board approved permits for Battery Energy Storage Systems in the Ellsworth and Arrowsmith areas to store wind and solar energy, generating about $11 million in property taxes; it also approved a carbon silo at the Lake Bloomington water treatment plant and revised Connect Transit fares.
🏥 Health
Local doctors and school districts in central Illinois keep their current vaccine schedules despite a new White House order calling for separate MMR shots.
Pediatrician Andrea Kane said combined vaccines are safe and help protect infants, while state policy gives leniency until Oct. 15.
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