A state trooper wounded during a Springfield traffic stop Tuesday was honored on the House floor the next day.… MORE
A state trooper wounded during a Springfield traffic stop Tuesday was honored on the House floor the next day.… MORE
Illinois State University Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a fraud investigation.… MORE
In a move to bring more entertainment to the City of Bloomington, city leaders announced the hiring of an Assistant Director of Arts and Entertainment.… MORE
Authorities in Bloomington are working to find the source of a swatting call towards Bloomington High School Wednesday morning.… MORE
The votes are in and Olympia High School has been named the 2023 Pork & Pigskins State Champion.… MORE
Illinois State University alum and actor Jeff Perry was inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame Sunday afternoon.… MORE
Illinois legislative staffers would be allowed to form a union… if a bill that’s passed a House committee becomes law. … MORE
A 31-year-old man is facing first-degree murder charges in Lincoln.… MORE
OSF HealthCare has been named the official health care provider for Illinois Wesleyan University athletics in an exclusive partnership.… MORE
There were 5.4 days suitable for field work during the week ending October 22, 2023.… 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…