There’s not really much more to do in southern Illinois to get ready for the eclipse.… MORE
There’s not really much more to do in southern Illinois to get ready for the eclipse.… MORE
It was a hoot of an afternoon Sunday at the Illinois State Fair, as fairgoers gathered to watch the annual Husband and Hog Calling contests at the Lincoln Stage.… MORE
The Illinois Senate overrode the Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto to a school funding reform bill Sunday. The bill’s sponsor said he didn’t even fully review the numbers before calling for the vote.… MORE
The Illinois State Fair is officially underway in Springfield.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Wednesday that he said reduces bureaucracy and allows state institutions, including universities, to operate more efficiently and effectively.… MORE
For gearheads and fans of muscle cars and other Detroit masterpieces over the years, a Staunton fire was enough to bring tears to their eyes.… MORE
State Representative Dan Brady of Bloomington said the school funding stalemate in the Illinois Senate won’t stop schools from opening on time.… MORE
Organ and tissue donors in Illinois can now be as young as 16 years old under a measure signed today by Governor Rauner.… MORE
Illinois’ uncharacteristically cold weather in the first week of August looks like it will continue. … MORE
The McLean County Health Department is reporting the first evidence of West Nile Virus in the county this year, but it is not a human case.… 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…