By WMBD-TV NORMAL – Normal Police Department received a grant just in time for National Crime Prevention Month. The $750,000 grant comes from the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services. Normal’s police department is currently fully staffed with 88 officers. The grant allows for the hiring of six new officers. “With the growth of…… MORE
Ferrero is bringing 200 new jobs to the community with the opening of its first American Kinder Bueno production facility.… MORE
A Bloomington man faces charges stemming from a June 9 incident that left a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.… MORE
A Bloomington man was identified as the victim of a deadly crash in Tazewell County on Saturday.… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL – An 18-year-old Oak Lawn man was killed early Sunday near the Illinois State University campus, the county coroner said. In a news release, McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said Randell E. Glass died of multiple gun-shot wounds during an incident that occurred in the 300 block of North Main Street shortly…… MORE
One person was killed and another remains hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting that happened early Sunday morning in Normal.… MORE
Many McLean County residents came out Thursday for the first day of early voting for the November election.… MORE
By WMBD-TV TAZEWELL COUNTY – County clerks and recorders want you to feel confident when voting this election. In a press release signed by all members of the Illinois Association of County Clerks & Recorders, they are asking for the public to visit local offices to see for themselves how voting procedures are done. Starting…… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEKIN – After a cyber attack last year, the Tazewell County Board is looking for solutions. Wednesday night’s board meeting focused primarily on technological updates and recovery. The board approved for a security video monitoring system at the Tazewell County Health Department, as well as a new, more secure, fiber infrastructure project at…… MORE
An internationally-renowned group that accredits zoos and similar facilities has given its seal of approval to a Bloomington institution.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…