Two people riding a motorcycle were badly hurt late Tuesday night when they collided with a sport utility vehicle in Normal.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Uptown Hyatt Place looks for new owner
One of the two center piece hotels in Uptown Normal is up for sale four years after it opened for business.… MORE
New ISU Trustees honored to serve the university
Two new members on the Illinois State University Board of Trustees are honored and excited to be serving their alma mater.… MORE
Gov. Pritzker signs Scott’s Law legislation
Even with the attention given to Scott’s Law – the Move Over law – not everybody is getting the message.… MORE
BPD: Delivery driver robbed at gunpoint
Bloomington police are probing an armed robbery of a delivery driver on the city’s south side.… MORE
Gov. Pritzker: Trump’s pattern is to attack blacks in power
President Trump’s attacks on U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) have not escaped Gov. JB Pritzker’s notice.… MORE
Sparks fly at Decatur forum as Rep. Davis praises Trump economy, calls Mueller report a waste
The hostile political climate that’s pervasive in Washington was evident Monday night in Central Illinois as U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) and State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) were greeted by demonstrators and supporters as well.… MORE
Smoky kitchen fire damages apartment building in Normal
Normal firefighters quickly extinguished what was described as a “rapidly-growing” apartment fire late Monday afternoon on the town’s near west side.… MORE
Accomplice in 2017 Funks Grove murder pleads guilty to reduced charge
McLean County prosecutors agreed on Monday to drop first-degree murder charges against a Tazewell County man in return for his help in convicting a co-defendant who killed her mother two years ago near McLean. … MORE
UPDATE: NPD investigating robbery, shots fired incident
Normal Police are continuing to investigate an armed robbery of a taxi driver and are searching for two suspects described as black males in their 20’s.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…