McLean County Board members are hearing from one of their own how flood damage happened in rural areas in addition to the Twin-Cities.… MORE
McLean County Board members are hearing from one of their own how flood damage happened in rural areas in addition to the Twin-Cities.… MORE
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton toured the Midwest Food Bank in Normal Tuesday and presented a plan to decrease food insecurity.… MORE
The McLean County’s Coroner’s Office and the McLean County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal automobile accident over the weekend.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker has three simple words for people who may be tempted to click on links they see in unfamiliar emails:… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed what he said was a comprehensive health care bill.… MORE
Gas prices are rising across the state as more people hit the roads over the holiday weekend.… MORE
The McLean County’s Coroner’s Office and the McLean County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal automobile accident over the weekend.… MORE
One of the county’s most prominent labor leaders is being remembered for his many decades of community service.… MORE
A man is going to prison for riding his motorcycle through a crowd of protesters, injuring two of them in downtown Bloomington last year.… MORE
It’s advocacy with apple pie.… 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…