How stressed out is coronavirus making you? A University of Illinois study is trying to get to the bottom of that.… MORE
How stressed out is coronavirus making you? A University of Illinois study is trying to get to the bottom of that.… MORE
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced Friday that his office has launched an online driver’s license and ID card preregistration application program to reduce time at driver services facilities.… MORE
Two more of the state’s universities say you won’t need to take the SAT or ACT to apply.… MORE
It’s time to talk about West Nile Virus again.… MORE
Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Breonna Taylor. Philando Castile. Tamir Rice. And now George Floyd. With all of the names of black people killed by police – and others – Sunshine Clemons hopes the death of George Floyd is the one which puts this phenomenon to rest once and for all.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker is pleased with the progress Illinoisans are making to defeat coronavirus — so far! History may repeat itself.… MORE
By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON– Christopher Harrison’s attorney is not disputing that Harrison shot and killed Reginald Hart Jr and Joseph Gardner after they attempted to rob him back in 2018. Where the state and defense disagree is whether or not Harrison was justified in doing so. Prosecutor David Fitt gave the opening…… MORE
Electric-vehicle manufacturer Rivian will be adding close to 40 additional jobs to the Twin Cities as it locates its Customer Engagement Center to the Normal based facility.… MORE
With teenage organizers of Springfield Black Lives Matter on hand, Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday led a roundtable discussion in which he praised the young people.… MORE
A Downstate Congressman – and former federal and county prosecutor – says for the most part, law enforcement professionals are good people who do a good job.… 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…