Good morning, Normal.

PATH will offer free winter coats for local children and host a community carnival this month in partnership with Subaru and Operation Warm.

Families are invited to join the event and enjoy community fun.

The Normal and Bloomington Human Relations Commissions announced winners of the MLK ‘I Have a Dream Awards,’ including three local high school leaders.

The awards luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Brown Ballroom at ISU’s Bone Student Center from 1-3:30 p.m.—tickets are $30 until Jan. 10.

Normal Firefighters IAFF Local 2442 will host a series of town hall meetings (Jan.

15 at Activity and Recreation Center, Jan. 29 at Bloomington Public Library, Feb. 12 at ISU, and Feb. 26 online) to review a new GIS-based Community Needs Study that shows fire and EMS coverage shortfalls.

A ribbon cutting ceremony in Bloomington for a new 48 cabin non-congregate shelter village was held last Tuesday.

Home Sweet Home Ministries will open the shelter in coming weeks once city officials issue the occupancy permit after installing a fence + completing an electrical reinspection.

Home Sweet Home Ministries celebrated the opening of The Bridge (a new non-congregate shelter village on Oakland Ave) with a ribbon cutting and guided tours for community members.