NORMAL – Uptown Normal will be hosting the Medici Craft Beer and Jazz Street Fair on Saturday. No-parking signs will be posted at 11 a.m. with the following streets closing at noon: North St. from Fell Ave. to Uptown Circle Constitution Blvd. from Mulberry St. to Uptown Circle Broadway at its intersection with…… MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Emerson St. between Roosevelt and Lee streets will be closed Friday, July 21 for tree removal. Work should be completed by the end of the day. Drivers should find alternate routes.… MORE
BLOOMINGTON – The Major Butler Parking Lot will be closed Monday, July 24 through Wednesday, July 26 for maintenance. Vehicles parked in the Butler Lot on Monday morning will be towed.… MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, Allin St. between Grove St. and Front St. will be closed to through traffic for sewer repairs. The street will be closed until work is complete. Drivers should find alternate routes. For questions, contact Public Works, 309-434-2225.… MORE
NORMAL – On Thursday, July 20th the Constitution trail will be closed from Raab Rd. to Northtown Rd. for resurfacing. Work will begin at 6 a.m. and the trail will open around 5 p.m.… MORE
Effective immediately, Arcadia Drive between Lincoln Avenue and Mc Graw Drive will be closed to through traffic for street repairs. … MORE
NORMAL – North St. from Broadway to Fell Ave. will close tomorrow and remain closed until HVAC upgrades to the Normal Theater are completed. The sidewalk in front of the Normal Theater will also be closed. Signs will be posted to help detour pedestrians from walking beneath the crane.… MORE
Towanda Barnes Road, which is also CH 29 or 1900 East Road, between Illinois Route 9 which is also 1400 North Road and G.E. Road, which is also 1500 North Road, will be closed to all traffic, weather permitting, on Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for paving this section of the road. … MORE
The Sugar Creek Arts Festival will be held in Uptown Normal on Saturday and Sunday. Several road closures are planned. … MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, the 800 block of E. Jefferson St. (between Clinton and Robinson) will be closed to thru traffic for water main repairs. Street will be closed until work is complete. Drivers should find alternate routes. For questions, contact Public Works, 309-434-2225.… 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…