By WMBD-TV PEKIN – After months of talk, the Tazewell County Board made it official — the county is getting a new justice center annex. The board voted 12-5 to spend $44 million on the annex which will go across the street from the current Tazewell County Courthouse. While the price tag is steep, thanks…… MORE
Police are probing a shots fired incident that happened over the weekend in Normal.… MORE
A little over a month after the shooting death of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell on Friday announced his retirement, effective no later than Aug. 31.… MORE
A Bloomington man with a lengthy criminal record stands accused of delivering hundreds of grams of heroin to an undercover Illinois State Police agent.… MORE
If the plans come to fruition, local taxpayers could be responsible for funding a new homeless hotel.… MORE
Illinois public schools wishing to teach their students about the dangers of overdoses and substance use disorder now have a blueprint to do so from the state.… MORE
Local election officials gathered Thursday afternoon to answer any questions regarding voting integrity, to make sure ballots are safe this November.… MORE
Six-time major champion and 29-time PGA Tour winner Lee Trevino will be the special guest and keynote speaker at the 29th annual American Red Cross Evening of Stars.… MORE
Elementary students returning to the classroom in Gibson City in a couple of weeks will have to do so without a cell phone.… MORE
An investigation is underway after a contractor from Michigan died Wednesday night inside Caterpillar’s Peoria Proving Ground facility.… 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…