Unlike Unit 5, District 87 is not looking to downsize its bottom line next school year.… MORE
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Craft Beer & Jazz Street Fair 2021
Take advantage of the Summer weather and enjoy a night of brews and music in Uptown Normal.… MORE
4th Annual Sample for a Cure for St. Jude
The 4th Annual Sample for a Cure to benefit St. Jude Rides on Sunday, August 15th.… MORE
Annual Brats & Bags with Bloomington-Normal Sunrise Rotary
The annual Bloomington-Normal Sunrise Rotary Brats & Bags Tournament is coming up Friday, August 6th.… MORE
HS FB Week three: Normal Comm. returns to action with eight players in quarantine
Normal Community’s High School football game against Quincy Notre Dame last week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.… MORE
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.” …… MORE
Back 2 School Alliance still distributing supplies despite COVID-19
With in-person learning still in limbo due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Back2School Alliance is putting backpacks and school supplies in the hands of children who need them most.… MORE
Radio Bloomington “SandScape 2020” to Cancun with Direct Travel
RADIO BLOOMINGTON, DIRECT TRAVEL “SAND-SCAPE 2020” TO BREATHLESS RIVIERA CANCUN If you’re ready for a getaway Radio Bloomington and Direct Travel has the perfect place, Breathless Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa. Breathless Riviera Cancun, AAA Four Diamond award-winning resort, is located just 15 minutes from Cancun International Airport and nestled between the jungle and Caribbean…… MORE
Join In the 2020 Hog Wild 5K with WJBC
The McLean County Fair had to be cancelled for 2020. However, the Hog Wild 5K race will still take place! The race will take place Sunday, August 2nd. With the safety of participants in mind and guidelines to being followed, the race will be run in heats of 40 people. Because of this the start…… MORE
MCHD reports most COVID-19 cases since pandemic began
In what is the most significant increase since the coronavirus pandemic began, the McLean County Health Department announced 14 new cases, surging the county total to 62 confirmed cases.… MORE
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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…