By Jake Fogal NORMAL – Expectations were lofty heading into the 2023 season for the Normal Community Ironmen football team, and a week one matchup challenging one of the best programs in Illinois would be the first test. The Ironmen jumped on the back of their skill position players, as running backs Tommy Davis and…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL – Connect Transit is teaming up with local libraries to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month. According to a Connect Transit news release, anyone with a Bloomington Public Library and Normal Public Library card can get free bus rides through the month of September. Last year, Connect Transit provided 19,970 free rides to library cardholders, and the local…… MORE
Republicans were swift to react to the conviction Thursday of Tim Mapes, longtime chief of staff to then-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.… MORE
A long investigation by the Bloomington Police Department Criminal Investigation Division led to the arrest of an Illinois State University Professor on Wednesday.… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL- Uptown Normal’s Sweet Corn Circus is returning for another year of corn, circus performances, and fun. The annual festival celebrates Bloomington-Normal’s circus and agricultural roots as it features live performances throughout the duration of the two-day event. The performances include acrobats, clowns, aerial arts, professional wrestling, live music, and more. The featured performers include…… MORE
The heat wave has postponed another outdoor event.… MORE
A second pool of mosquitoes in Mclean County tested positive for West Nile Virus this week.… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department announced it recovered three stolen vehicles and made one arrest Tuesday. According to a Bloomington police news release, 18-year-old Devin L. Davis was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting a peace officer and driving without a valid license. Officers located a stolen Hyundai at 5:40…… MORE
Normal police continue to investigate a shots fired incident that occurred Sunday night.… MORE
Four Peoria residents were ordered held in the custody of the U.S. Marshals for unsuccessfully trying to break into several gun stores last week across central Illinois.… 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…