By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Gas prices in the state are up 10 cents over the week, averaging $3.43 a gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 4,378 stations in Illinois. According to GasBuddy, prices are 2 cents lower than a month ago, but just over a dollar higher than a year ago. The cheapest station…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – With the memory of the Jan. 4 stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigator still fresh, two Springfield lawmakers are trying to make an attack on DCFS workers a more serious crime than it is now. “It allows for a person that causes great bodily…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Right to Repair movement – allowing customers and repair shops to bypass the manufacturer in fixing their electronics – is coming to Illinois. The movement, says Illinois Public Interest Research Group director Abe Scarr, is “diverse, bipartisan, and growing: we just want to fix our stuff. But, increasingly, manufacturers…… MORE
With another resignation, the Republican who chairs the Legislative Ethics Commission is bemoaning the lack of a legislative inspector general – and blaming the Democrats.… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – One person was injured and one adult and three children were temporarily displaced after a structure fire at a home converted to apartments that was quickly stopped by Bloomington firefighters. At around 4:24 a.m. Thursday, the fire department was dispatched to the fire in the 900 block of West Market…… MORE
Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in McLean County, Connect Transit is suspending bus fiars and late-night services.… MORE
A 11-year old Snow Leopard has died from COVID-induced pneumonia at Miller Park Zoo.… MORE
Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the twin cities, all District 87 schools are closed on Friday.… MORE
On the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Insurrection, Illinois’ Senior Senator says he still can’t get past the images and pictures of that day.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) says the word’s on the street – Illinois is soft on crime. “When the recent bail reform of 2017-18 went into effect,” the former Massac County prosecutor said at a House Republican news conference in Springfield Wednesday, “the individuals who were arrested quickly learned they…… 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…