By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – Power outages caused by Friday’s severe weather are beginning to affect many across central Illinois. According to PowerOutage.us, Fulton County has the most outages as of 6:30 p.m., with about 630 without power. Tazewell County is reporting about 166 without power and Woodford County is reporting about 97.Severe Weather Alert Day:…… MORE
A student at Manual High School was arrested Friday for allegedly bringing a gun to school.… MORE
The cause of a fire Thursday night that destroyed business at a Bloomington strip mall remains under investigation.… MORE
Federal judge and Bradley University graduate James Shadid has been picked to be the school’s next president.… MORE
A man was hospitalized early Thursday after his car crashed into a pond at the State Farm Corporate South campus. … MORE
When Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Pearce saw a white pickup spotted outside a motorcycle shop that had been burglarized earlier that night, he punched the gas and chased the fleeing truck, reaching race car speeds and screeching his tires through hairpin turns.… MORE
The McDonald’s on South Main Street celebrated the retirement of Steve Petty Wednesday morning.… MORE
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Coroner released the name of a man killed in a car wreck Saturday morning. Scott W. Smith, 49, of Bloomington, was pronounced dead after his sedan and another sedan collided at the intersection of West Market Street and Wylie Drive, said Coroner Kathleen Yoder. The Bloomington Police…… MORE
By WMBD TV NORMAL – Two armed men robbed a person in a Schnucks parking lot, according to police. Officers with the Normal Police Department were called at 4:30 p.m. on March 10, to the 1700 block of Bradford Lane to a report of an armed robbery. When police arrived they learned two men had…… MORE
A man died and another was hospitalized after two sedans were involved in a collision Saturday morning.… 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…