EYM Chicken Operations and its parent company, Yum, shut down multiple Illinois KFC fast-food locations earlier this week, implementing mass layoffs of its employees statewide.… MORE
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Two dead after crash in rural Woodford County
Two people are dead after a crash in rural Woodford County this past weekend.… MORE
Farmington Central Elementary School employee charged with soliciting a child
An employee of Farmington Central Elementary School was charged Tuesday after she tried to solicit a child for sex.… MORE
As DNC opens in Chicago, state leaders tout Illinois as a ‘model of Democratic success’
Gov. JB Pritzker, who was instrumental in landing the DNC in Chicago, kicked off the Illinois delegation’s Monday breakfast at a downtown hotel by thanking elected Democrats in the room “for the work that you’ve done to make this the greatest Democratic Party that Illinois has ever had and in the entire country.”… MORE
Illinois corn and soybean progress in this week’s USDA crop report
There were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending August 18, 2024.… MORE
One person wounded as Bloomington Police probe pair of shots fired incidents over the weekend
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON -The Bloomington Police Department is investigating two shots fired incidents that happened over the weekend. Bloomington police officers heard gunshots just before 9:00 p.m. on Friday being fired near their location, in the 300 block of West Graham Street. Officers canvassed the surrounding area and located evidence of a shots fired…… MORE
Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch visits White House
The speaker of the Illinois House was in the Oval Office Friday, when President Biden declared the 1908 race riot site in Springfield to be a national monument.… MORE
Special Olympics Illinois hosts annual state tennis tournament
Special Olympics Illinois hosted its annual two-day state tennis tournament at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington on Saturday and Sunday.… MORE
Winner of Top Chef coming to Bloomington’s Epiphany Farms
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – A Top Chef winner is serving up meals in Bloomington-Normal over the next month. Chef Ken Myszka from Epiphany Farm says his good friend and Top Chef Season 3 winner, Hung Huynh, will help cook at the location for the next four weeks. Myszka spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “Over…… MORE
Civil rights lawsuit filed by ISU protestors lands in federal court
By WMBD-TV PEORIA – A lawsuit filed in May by Illinois State University students protesting the ongoing conflict in Gaza has been moved to federal court. And within a day, the seven students involved have asked, through their attorney, for a judge to bar the school from taking further action against them while the suit…… MORE
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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…