Illinois Republicans Friday got a look at something they do not have of their own: a statewide winner.… MORE
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Illinois Republicans Friday got a look at something they do not have of their own: a statewide winner.… MORE
Michael Bakana has been found guilty of all charges connected to the Jan. 30, 2021, shooting death of 22-year-old Mariah Petracca outside Daddios, a downtown Bloomington nightclub.… MORE
With just a week to go in the legislative session, Illinois House Republicans say they have numerous good bills, if supermajority Democrats would only pay attention.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker, at the Sangamon County Department of Public Health today Thursday, saluted health care workers as the pandemic has finally ended.… MORE
A girl is recovering from a gunshot wound after an early Thursday morning shooting on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
Prosecutors have rested their case and the jury has been sent home as day three wound down in the Michael Bakana murder trial.… MORE
The state’s assault weapons ban is still not sorted out.… MORE
Testimony got underway in the trial of a man who is accused of shooting a woman in early 2021 outside a Downtown Bloomington bar.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Kiwanis Club is putting on it’s annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale this week ahead of the celebratory holiday this Sunday. This year the Mother’s Day Flower Sale fundraising event got underway on Wednesday. The tent will be open again Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., and 9:00am-2:00pm…… MORE
By WMBD-TV SPRINGFIELD – The Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) is raising concerns after the Internet Crime Complaint Center’s (IC3) 2022 Elder Fraud Report showed an increase in losses from 2021. According to an FBI Springfield office press release, Seniors saw an 84% increase in total losses in 2022. A large part of their losses were…… 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…