By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The nursing staff at OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center is celebrating after receiving an excellence award Wednesday morning. According to a press release from the center Wednesday, the nursing staff was recognized for nursing excellence at OSF St. Joseph, the first designated hospital in McLean County. The center is 1…… MORE
The terminal roadway system directly in front of Central Illinois Regional Airport will be under construction starting Monday, Aug. 19.… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEORIA – The state of Illinois is in short supply of teachers, but a new recruitment campaign is aiming to get more educators in classrooms. On Monday, The Illinois State Board of Education announced their newest $6 million statewide campaign to get more teachers hired in schools. During the 2023-2024 school year, Peoria…… MORE
By WMBD-TV MORTON – Midwest Food Bank announced Monday afternoon that it’s sending much-needed relief to storm victims of Hurricane Debby in Georgia and Florida this week. The bank said it partnered with The Salvation Army to launch an initiative to help storm victims of Hurricane Debby that caused widespread damage and destruction in parts…… MORE
Illinois’ first crop yield forecast for 2024 is out.… MORE
Tazewell County readers under the age of 5 will soon be able to pick up a free monthly book.… MORE
A federal judge is ordering Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet out of the aging prison by the end of September, citing health and safety concerns posed by the facility.… MORE
LL Flooring, formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late Sunday night.… MORE
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
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…