Heartland Community College has unveiled a new look for its Challenger Learning Center (CLC).… MORE
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Heartland Community College has unveiled a new look for its Challenger Learning Center (CLC).… MORE
A substitute teacher is no longer welcome at Illinois State University’s lab school after an incident Wednesday.… MORE
Stories of teen suicide fueled by social media fueled an Illinois Senate hearing Tuesday.… MORE
The City of Bloomington has announced a new director of the water department.… MORE
Attorneys for Aaron Rossi have appealed a federal judge’s order earlier this month that he be held in custody pending trial.… MORE
There were 6.0 days suitable for field work during the week ending September 17, 2023. … MORE
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason announced hiring Mose Rickey as the new Public Works Director.… MORE
When soldiers put their boots on the ground … those boots will soon be coming from Illinois.… MORE
Community members and town leaders came together Sunday morning in Normal to celebrate 125 years of Fell Park.… MORE
Authorities in Livingston County wrapped up an investigation late last week into an ‘anomaly’ in a garage.… 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…