Candidates in several high-profile McLean County elections were subject to a litany of questions from the public and local labor union members Monday night as election day approaches.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
McLean County to have a warming bus due to low temperatures
Connect Transit will have a warming bus in Bloomington due to cold temperatures this weekend.… MORE
State Farm to pull their Super Bowl commercial due to California fires
State Farm will not be advertising during the Super Bowl as originally planned, as their attention will be on helping the people of Los Angeles.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor kicks off re-election campaign
After serving as Bloomington’s Mayor for the past three years, Mboka Mwilambwe is looking for another term to accomplish his goals for the city.… MORE
Bloomington family faces organized crime charges related to their pawn shops
A Bloomington family is being accused by the state’s top prosecutor of running an organized retail crime enterprise through multiple Monster Pawn locations.… MORE
Woodford County man named Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
A Germantown Hills native is now the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.… MORE
How MLK day will affect Normal’s trash schedule
Trash schedules for Normal will look a bit different due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day next Monday.… MORE
Bloomington native and her family persevering through LA wildfires
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – No family ever wants to evacuate their home. Rebecca Stevens is a Bloomington native, and graduated from Bloomington High School. Stevens, her husband and her two sons, a three-year-old and a four-year-old, live in Studio City, which is in the middle of Los Angeles. They are within 10 miles of…… MORE
Normal remembers former Mayor Richard Godfrey, dead at 91
The Town of Normal is remembering a former mayor who had a significant economic impact on the town.… MORE
Normal Fire Department explains scale of Los Angeles fires
The Normal Fire Department is letting people know just how massive the Los Angeles fires have been over the last two days.… 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…