He sits on a bench, hand extended in friendly greeting. The hand already is polished to a shine by those who pass, reaching to touch a memory. A family's loss For the Behrman family of Bloomington, memories are things to cling to now, as they continue to await word of their missing daughter. A massive citizen and police hunt for her stretched from days to weeks with no success. The case, which police are treating as an abduction, remains open, months later.
People still remember and hope.
GE workers lose, too The fourth biggest news story locally was the layoff of GE workers from the Bloomington refrigerator plant. The first stage of what will eventually take 1,400 of the more than 3,000 jobs at the plant happened earlier this month. Seven hundred and thirty five workers lost their jobs Dec. 15. The jobs were among the best paid manufacturing jobs in the area. Some workers express concern that eventually all their jobs will go south.