By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – Additional units were needed to battle a house fire in Bloomington on Tuesday, the department said. When members of the Bloomington Fire Department arrived just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the house, located near the intersection of the 200 block of Magnolia and Meadowbrook Drives, the saw heavy smoke and flames.…… MORE
The largest farming organization in the country may drop its Illinois branch next month.… MORE
Identity Optical in Normal is shuttering its West College Avenue manufacturing plant by the end of the year.… MORE
The McLean County Board on Thursday voted to pass its budget for fiscal year 2025.… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department on Tuesday warned of a new scam that residents have recently seen. According to a Bloomington police Facebook post, scammers email you your name, phone number and address, then claim to have explicit photos of their victim that they say they will delete if they are given a…… MORE
A fire early Wednesday morning has temporary closed the Busy Corner restaurant in Goodfield.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to split the city’s Economic and Community Development department into two separate departments.… MORE
By Jake Fogal NORMAL – The Normal West basketball team is getting together Saturday to make a difference off of the court. The Wildcats will be out in the community raking leaves for Veterans in Normal Saturday afternoon, from 12:30 to 4:30pm. West head coach Ed Hafermann spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “For the last…… MORE
A collaboration between the Bloomington and Springfield Police Departments lead to the arrest of two individuals.… MORE
A local veteran received a call of a lifetime.… 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…