Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office is issuing a new guide to help law enforcement with new immigration laws.… MORE
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office is issuing a new guide to help law enforcement with new immigration laws.… MORE
With the road in front of him and the wind at his back, Governor Bruce Rauner is riding to Springfield for veterans today.… MORE
Fans are sweating, literally, at the midway point of the high school football season.
Dan Smith, meteorologist for the National Weather Service at Lincoln, said an upper level high pressure system hovers above the Midwest, bringing record high temperatures for early autumn in Central Illinois.… MORE
Lottery Officials say a winning Quick Pick ticket worth the sum total of $150,000 with the numbers 06- 09 -22 -23 -31 was purchased at the Shell station at 680 W. Main St in El Paso.… MORE
Every fall, Illinois’ rural landscape becomes a manufacturing environment. Both farmers and commuters passing through the fields need to be cautious.… MORE
The latest test scores show Illinois schools are once again falling short.
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State Sen. Kwame Raoul is the second Democratic entry in the race for Illinois Attorney General.… MORE
Central Illinois congressmen Rodney Davis and Darin Lahood have awarded almost $1.5 million in federal grant funds to Bloomington-Normal’s public transportation system, Connect Transit. … MORE
One week after President Donald Trump had reportedly come to an agreement on immigration to protect so-called dreamers, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he doesn’t know where it stands.… MORE
Regardless of signing a new law for giving businesses tax incentives to set up or expand their operations in Illinois, Gov. Bruce Rauner said the state can do better.… 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…