Effective 7 a.m. Wednesday, Franklin Avenue between Emerson and Beecher streets will be closed to through traffic due to contractor work. … MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
IDOT announces pavement patching on Illinois Route 9
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces work is scheduled to begin June 5, weather permitting, for pavement patching on Illinois 9 on the west side of Bloomington from Mitsubishi Motorway to Interstate 55/74.… MORE
Willow Street in Normal to close
Willow Street between Fell Avenue and School Street will be closed to through traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will be closed through Friday for utility construction associated with the Lodge II apartment project. … MORE
Lexington East Road to close
Lexington East Road, which is also CH 8 or 2450 North Road, between 2900 and 3000 East roads, will be closed to through traffic starting May 30 through Sept. 8, weather permitting, for replacement of the Roselands II Bridge. … MORE
Towanda, Parkinson avenues in Normal to close; University Street closes early
Towanda Avenue south of Ironwood Country Club Drive will be closed to through traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Friday and remain closed until 5 p.m. Tuesday, weather permitting, for replacement of the Ironwood Golf Course cart path tunnel that runs between holes 10 and 11.… MORE
Bowles Street in Normal to close
Bowles Street between Main Street and Normal Avenue will be closed Thursday and Friday.
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Union Pacific planning crossing repairs in Normal
Union Pacific Railroad will be performing crossing repairs on their tracks in Normal this week.… MORE
Amtrak service could be slowed by freight train derailment in Logan County
Amtrak is bringing in more buses for passengers in Logan County following a freight train derailment on Monday night.… MORE
Overnight lane closures on Main Street between Washington and Monroe
Lane closures during overnight hours will occur on Main Street between Washington Street and Monroe Street will begin May 15 from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. May 16.… MORE
Linden Street in Bloomington to close
Linden Street, at the bridge north of Emerson Street, will be closed to traffic beginning at 6 a.m. May 15 through December 1 for bridge work. … 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…