A Normal based non-profit is the recipient of the 2021 “Angels in Adoption.”… MORE
A Normal based non-profit is the recipient of the 2021 “Angels in Adoption.”… MORE
The state is launching a new school safety initiative called “safe-two-help Illinois.”… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Even with kids back in school, travel was steady last month at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. CIRA deputy director of marketing Fran Strebing says passenger traffic last month was at 88% of what it was in 2019. She spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “It’s a little bit of…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois could be on the verge of enhancing its reputation as a haven for women who want to end their pregnancies. It’s possible lawmakers will try to repeal the state’s Parental Notice of Abortion act. State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) says that makes no sense. “To think that parents’ consent…… MORE
Court was brief on Tuesday, for the trial against Aaron Parlier. Parlier is accused of sexually assaulting his piano students.… MORE
A McLean County jury has ordered the former owner of a Twin-Cities hospital to pay $9.1 million to the estate of a Bloomington woman who died from pancreatic cancer.… MORE
Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was laid to rest on Tuesday, more than a month after his body was discovered in the Illinois River.… MORE
It’s time to talk about booster shots, especially for Illinoisans 65 and up.… MORE
An older man is dead after an apartment fire in Bloomington late Monday night.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s hopeful the state’s indoor mask mandate can be lifted in time for the holidays.… 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…