By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Leaders of the Bloomington Police Department met Thursday with relatives of Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day, while at the same time legislation is moving forward in Springfield that would require quicker FBI involvement in cases similar to Day’s disappearance and death. Family members said on the “Justice For Jelani…… MORE
ICU beds in McLean County are at capacity as local health officials report 137 new cases of COVID-19.… MORE
A Danvers man was killed in a car accident in rural Tazewell County on Wednesday.… MORE
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign raised over $563,000 in the 2022 Christmas Campaign.… MORE
Visitors to the Old State Capitol in Springfield will soon see a reminder of two times Barack Obama made history there… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON- The St. Jude Radiothon has returned to Radio Bloomington airwaves today (Feb 10) and tomorrow (Feb 11) to raise money to help pay for childhood cancer treatment and research. The two-day event raised $91,426 in 2021, and St. Jude is seeking your help with donations during this year’s Radiothon. Breaking ground…… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – The mask mandate remains in place for McLean County’s largest school district. The Unit 5 School Board is not ready to make mask wearing optional in the district, defying demands from some community members after a Sangamon County judge issued a temporary restraining order last week making Gov. JB Pritzker’s…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – McLean County prosecutors contend a Heyworth man on trial for domestic battery went to extraordinary and illegal lengths to convince a jury that he’s not guilty. Prosecutors on Wednesday filed 14 charges, 13 of them felonies, against Steve Abdullah. Authorities say Abdullah and his wife, who is the alleged victim…… MORE
A Central Illinois lawmaker and McLean County’s chief prosecutor hope to protect all minor victims of sexual assault when they appear in court.… MORE
Reaction to Gov. JB Pritzker’s mask mandate rollback announcement was, for Republicans, negative.… 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…