By HOI ABC SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) – A bill honoring the life of Jelani Day is one step closer to becoming law in Illinois. Day was a graduate student at Illinois State University who went missing in August. Despite efforts to find him alive, authorities found his body floating in the Illinois River on September 4. His family…… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON-The LeRoy Police Department has announced the installation of an Amazon hub locker at it’s facility. That mean’s those worried about having items stolen off the porch can rest easy knowing they can pick up orders in the safest space in town. LeRoy Sergeant Nathan Wilkin’s said the locker doesn’t take up…… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – An estimated $20 million agriculture complex to be built at Heartland Community College’s campus in Normal won unanimous approval Monday night from the town council. The new home for Heartland’s ag department will be located on the southwest edge of the campus off of West Raab Road. The council approved…… MORE
Indicted on six-year-old federal tax fraud charges last week, we are now learning the CEO of Reditus Laboratories is being accused of far more.… MORE
Illinois State Police are releasing the identification of a 24-year old East Peoria man who died in a crash last Tuesday in Woodford County.… MORE
A woman and a teenage girl from Minnesota died in a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash over the weekend in rural Tremont.… MORE
A celebration of Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs’ Secure Choice retirement program took a left turn because of politics.… MORE
The parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Health Care Service Corporation, has been fined by the Illinois Department of Insurance $339,000.… MORE
After 31-years in public service, the DeWitt-Piatt County Health Administrator is retiring at the end of May.… MORE
Illinois State University is launching a new program to support the recruitment and retention of faculty members who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.… 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…