One person was killed and another remains hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting that happened early Sunday morning in Normal.… MORE
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LeRoy Panthers blow by Tuscola in windy Week 5 victory
By Jake Fogal LEROY – Heavy winds Friday night could not slow down the LeRoy football team as the Panthers ran all over Tuscola in Week 5. LeRoy entered Week 5 of the high school football season as the fifth ranked team in Class 1A, and continued to prove why after leveling Tuscola 57-7. The…… MORE
Early voting underway across most of Illinois
Many McLean County residents came out Thursday for the first day of early voting for the November election.… MORE
Exhibit in Springfield tells the story of one part of the fight against slavery
A traveling exhibit – now in Springfield until November – tells an arguably underpublicized story: that of the Underground Railroad, a network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape the South.… MORE
Illinois county clerks invite public to watch voting process
By WMBD-TV TAZEWELL COUNTY – County clerks and recorders want you to feel confident when voting this election. In a press release signed by all members of the Illinois Association of County Clerks & Recorders, they are asking for the public to visit local offices to see for themselves how voting procedures are done. Starting…… MORE
Tazewell County Board approves fiber upgrade
By WMBD-TV PEKIN – After a cyber attack last year, the Tazewell County Board is looking for solutions. Wednesday night’s board meeting focused primarily on technological updates and recovery. The board approved for a security video monitoring system at the Tazewell County Health Department, as well as a new, more secure, fiber infrastructure project at…… MORE
Miller Park Zoo honored with international accreditation
An internationally-renowned group that accredits zoos and similar facilities has given its seal of approval to a Bloomington institution.… MORE
Federal dollars coming to CIRA to buy new safety equipment, rehabilitate runway
Federal money is coming to Central Illinois Regional Airport to help rehab a runway and to purchase fire-fighting equipment.… MORE
B-N Convention and Visitor’s Bureau appoints interim executive director
The former head of the Illinois High School Association will step in as the temporary executive director of the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.… MORE
Illinois Retail Merchants Association going after “swipe fees”
If you are a small business person, you could say this about credit cards: can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…