The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 8,757 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 177 additional deaths.… MORE
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Reditus CEO: Testing equipment will catch new COVID-19 variants
The CEO of Reditus Laboratories says the facilities testing equipment will catch the new COVID-19 variants.… MORE
MCHD reports 50 new cases of coronavirus; Tier 3 mitigations could be relaxed
Health officials said there are 40 McLean County residents hospitalized due to COVID-19 and 931 are in home isolation.… MORE
House Speaker vote could make history
If House Speaker Mike Madigan’s (D-Chicago) days are numbered atop the chamber, supermajority Democrats could make history by electing a woman.… MORE
Rep. Kinzinger first Republican to call on Trump to be removed from office
Just a day after violence erupted in the nation’s capital, a Republican Congressman from Illinois calls for Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office.… MORE
Central Illinoisans attending Wednesday’s demonstrations in D.C. set to return Thursday
After a long 17-hour trip to the nation’s capital, a bus full of President Trump’s supporters are on their way back home to Central Illinois.… MORE
Duckworth: Unlike anything I’ve ever seen on domestic soil
Thousands of violent protesters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress was in session to count the Electoral College vote confirming the 2020 election for President-elect Joe Biden.… MORE
IDPH reports 7,569 new COVID cases, 139 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday reported 7,569 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 139 additional deaths.… MORE
City of Bloomington asking for community input on O’Neil Park Pool plans
For decades, O’Neil Park Pool served as a community gathering place; however, after the facility’s demolition, the City of Bloomington is seeking input on a new aquatics center.… MORE
3 additional COVID-related deaths reported in McLean County
The McLean County Health Department Wednesday reported three more coronavirus-related deaths as the number of local residents hospitalized his hit a new high.… 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…