Connect Transit services will not operate on Sept. 7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. … MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Bloomington begins parking garage maintenance
Maintenance will begin on the Lincoln Parking Garage in downtown as of Monday and is anticipated to last approximately three months. … MORE
More closures planned on Lafayette Street
Lafayette Street between Bunn and Ash streets will be closed Monday until street resurfacing is complete. … MORE
Township road in Bellflower to close
Township road 300 North in Bellflower Township Road District between 3600 and 3700 East roads will be closed Monday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting, for culvert replacement with in this location. … MORE
Danvers Yuton Road to close
Due to Norfolk Southern railway maintenance, road closure will occur at the rail crossing on Danvers Yuton Road, which is also CH 18 or 1700 North Road, to through traffic, on Wednesday through Saturday weather permitting. … MORE
Roads to close for Sweet Corn and Blues Festival in Normal
Due to The Sweet Corn and Blues Festival taking place this weekend, several streets will be closed:… MORE
Locust Street in Normal to close
Locust Street from Normal Avenue to Fell Avenue and School Street from Willow Street to College Avenue will be closed to through traffic for emergency sewer repairs, effective immediately. … MORE
Greenbriar Drive closing for pavement restoration
Greenbriar Drive between Truman Drive and Fort Jesse Road will be closed starting noon Thursday until Saturday.… MORE
Lafayette Street in Bloomington to close
Lafayette Street will be closed between Main Street and Berenz Place, effective immediately. … MORE
Route 66 section near Towanda remains closed due to sinkhole
A section of Route 66 near Towanda remains closed Tuesday due to a sinkhole which has made the road unstable.… 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…