By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Missouri Valley Conference is rescheduling dates for six games and that includes the Illinois State men’s basketball game this weekend against Evansville. The Redbirds and Purple Aces will now play on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. at Redbird Arena. The game was originally scheduled Saturday in Evansville. Meanwhile,…… MORE
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – The Illinois State and Loyola men’s basketball game scheduled for Wednesday night at Redbird Arena has been postponed, according to a news release Monday. ISU determined the men’s team is “unable to compete” and the Missouri Valley Conference office will attempt to reschedule the game, if possible. The ISU men’s…… MORE
A person died in a car crash on Interstate 55 near milepost 154 in McLean County Tuesday evening.… MORE
Construction subcontractors building a new production line at Rivian have settled and resolved a joint investigation by Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office and the Illinois Department of Labor over unpaid overtime wages.… MORE
The leader of school districts across central Illinois is announcing funding to address school administrators.… MORE
A Peoria man appeared in federal court on Wednesday on charges alleging he stole weapons at ‘Smiley’s Sports Shop’ in Bloomington.… MORE
By Jake Fogal Illinois State’s governing board has planned a session for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the athletic department’s $11.5 million concept for and indoor practice facility for ISU atheltics. A report to ISU’s board of trustees claims Redbird Athletics has raised almost $7 million for the project, $1 million short of the…… MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified an Illinois State University graduate student who died during a car accident near ISU’s campus Monday evening.… MORE
The Bloomington Police Department is pledging to enhance the experiences of women in law enforcement.… MORE
Long-time childhood dreams came true across the Heart of Illinois on Wednesday as area athletes signed their letters of intent to continue their careers at the collegiate level on National Signing Day.… 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…