By Blake Haas MCLEAN COUNTY – Authorities in McLean County are cracking down on speeders near Rivian Automotive after several severe and fatal crashes in the area. Late last week, departments from Bloomington and Normal, alongside Illinois State Police and the McLean County Sheriff’s Office, teamed up for ‘Operation Unplugged.’ During the detail, police issued…… MORE
Fire investigators in DeWitt County are working to determine how a home caught fire early Monday night.… MORE
Bloomington police are probing a shooting Monday night that injured a 16-year-old boy on the city’s south side.… MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the victim of a fatal crash that happened Monday morning on Interstate 74 near Bloomington.… MORE
The Pontiac Fire Department responded to a structure fire with a person trapped on the roof on Monday afternoon.… MORE
A former inmate at the maximum security prison in Pontiac will not have his case heard by the nation’s highest court.… MORE
According to McLean County court records, Mohammed A. Salam, 42, of Bloomington, was arrested Thursday after allegedly throwing flammable fuel at his wife and threatening to light set the home on fire with a cigarette lighter.… MORE
One person died after a two-vehicle crash Friday morning on Rivian Motorway at Electric Drive in Normal… MORE
Authorities in Bloomington are adding a second police K-9 to their staff.… MORE
One person died after a two-vehicle crash Friday morning on Rivian Motorway at Electric Drive 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…