By WMBD-TV MORTON – Midwest Food Bank in Morton is sending disaster relief to Nebraska and Texas. A tornado in Omaha, Nebraska, and severe flooding in East Texas, has left many in need of food, supplies and shelter. Midwest Food Bank partnered with The Salvation Army to get 1,000 boxes put on a truck and…… MORE
Statewide, the average temperature was 64.3 degrees, 3.4 degrees above normal. … MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Fire Department responded to two mobile home fires near Seventh Street and Avenue A on Saturday. According to the Bloomington Fire Department, crews arrived on the scene at about 6:36 p.m. and found thick black smoke and fire coming from the side of a mobile home. The heat from…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Titans left no doubt why they were the number one seed in the Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin, winning three games in three days to punch their ticket to the national tournament. IWU took down archrival Millikin 4-2 in the CCIW championship game in a comeback effort after also winning the regular…… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL – The newly formed teachers union has many unresolved issues as they negotiate their first contract with the university. It was a full room at the Bone Student Center on Friday as United Faculty of ISU members shared their concerns about bullying and unsafe working conditions during the last ISU Board of…… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEKIN – Tazewell County is reminding the public to keep an eye out for ticks for May, or Lyme Disease Awareness Month. According to their website, ticks can spread Lyme Disease and like to hide everywhere on your body. This includes ears, hair, arm pits, waist, legs and knees. It’s always important to…… MORE
How long can Illinois’ aging prisons last? State corrections officials don’t want to find out, while the union and Downstate lawmakers don’t want the prisons closed for even one day.… MORE
A Central Illinois non-profit wants to keep McLean County residents cool this summer during warm weather.… MORE
A 23-year-old woman faces charges for allegedly playing a role in a bomb threat at the Illinois State Capitol. … MORE
By WMBD-TV WASHINGTON – The Tazewell County Coroner has identified the woman killed Wednesday morning when she was struck by a pickup truck on U.S. Route 24. Pronounced dead at the scene at 7:32 a.m. Wednesday, May 8 was 20-year old Jacksonville, Fla., resident Hailey Parks, said Coroner Charles R. Hanley. She was in the…… 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…