By Jake Fogal The City of Bloomington has announced lane closures near downtown Bloomington. Beginning immediately, two eastbound lanes of East Street, and the westbound lane of Washington Street, will be closed to all traffic due to water work. The lanes on East street and Washington street will be reopened as soon as work is…… MORE
CLOSINGS & CANCELLATIONS updated 1/24/2024 Parking Bans Schools Other… MORE
Gridley Street in Bloomington and Washington Street west of Bloomington will close for repairs.… MORE
Effective immediately, Miller Street between Western Avenue and Livingston Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
Eastbound W. Beaufort Street between Broadway Avenue and Uptown Circle will be closed for concrete pavement repairs beginning at 6 a.m. Monday.… MORE
Resurfacing work will begin Tuesday (weather permitting) and continue through Friday along Fell Avenue from both Cherry Street to Willow Street and Vernon Avenue to Irving Street.… MORE
Vernon Avenue will be closed from Linden Street to Broadway from Monday, July 23 to Monday, July 30, 2018. … MORE
Locust Street between Eugene Street and Colton Avenue will be closed Thursday. … MORE
Beginning Monday there will be a lane reduction on Willow Street at Normal Avenue.… MORE
Grove Street between McLean and Evans and Grove Street between Clayton and Clinton will be closed to through traffic for sewer repairs.… 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…