Bloomington Police are closing several roads before a planned training at Bloomington High School on Friday morning.… MORE
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Bloomington Police are closing several roads before a planned training at Bloomington High School on Friday morning.… MORE
A Central Illinois resident became a multimillionaire after winning a scratch-off grand prize.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – Residential Bulk waste is being collected by Bloomington public works personnel starting next week as part of the upcoming fall free bulk waste pickup. Solid waste program customers receive the service at no additional cost, though leaves, brush and trimmings will not be collected with the bulk pick-up. Deputy City…… MORE
Covid commands your attention. That’s what state senators on the Public Health Committee heard Tuesday.… MORE
Heartland Community College has picked a new Dean of Students.… MORE
A Bloomington man is dead after a single-vehicle crash near Springfield Road and Tanner Street Sunday.… MORE
Corn harvested reached 10 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 13 percent.… MORE
A 19-year-old man died after being stabbed late Saturday evening in Bloomington.… MORE
Authorities in Normal are investigating how a person was shot early Saturday morning.… MORE
The Speaker of the Illinois House led a contingent to Israel this month. State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield), chairman of the Illinois Legislative Jewish Caucus, says there were about eight House Democrats on the trip. … 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…