A person is dead after a crash versus a combine accident on Queenwood road late Wednesday night.… MORE
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A person is dead after a crash versus a combine accident on Queenwood road late Wednesday night.… MORE
A 36-year old Wisconsin man remains behind bars in DeWitt County after leading multiple police agencies on a chase throughout DeWitt and Macon county.… MORE
Illinois State University and Normal Police are addressing social media rumblings about attempted abductions near ISU’s campus.… MORE
Months after Sugar Creek Student Apartments caught fire, causing dozens of students to be displayed, a recent Illinois State University graduate is motivated to bring awareness to fire prevention measures. … MORE
A dirt bike driver remains behind bars in McLean County after Bloomington Police say the driver allegedly had a loaded gun.… MORE
In McLean County, a former sheriff’s lieutenant is remembering heading to New York City right after the 9/11 attacks to help with recovery efforts at Ground Zero.… MORE
The McLean County State’s Attorney Office has released a preliminary report into the officer-involved shooting that left three dead, including the shooter.… MORE
A Livingston County man is facing charges after investigators say he allegedly stabbed two other people.
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Saturday marks 20-years since the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and Bloomington’s Fire Chief wants the younger generation to remember those who lost their lives.… MORE
A Lexington woman is dead after being hit by a semi-truck tractor on Interstate 55 Sunday.… 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…