Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both current and historical, throughout the month of February. Look for them on weekdays. Send your ...

For young college students, many leaving home for the first time, living on campus that initial year is a rite of passage. Serving as a "home away home," campus living lets students get familiar with ...

Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both current and historical, throughout the month of February. A new installment will be published each ...

NORMAL — The Bloomington-Normal area has made progress in improving diversity and limiting segregation, but it still has room for improvement, according to research done through Illinois State ...

BLOOMINGTON — Henry Gay Sr. remembers the segregated area that blacks like himself had to swim in at Miller Park as being filthy. "It was bad. You wouldn't put a dog in that kind of stuff," said the ...