If you have medical insurance, obviously, you want to see a health care provider who is in-network.… MORE
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If you have medical insurance, obviously, you want to see a health care provider who is in-network.… MORE
After this weekend, a new banner hangs inside the United Center to recognize the Hall of Fame career of Chicago Blackhawks legend Chris Chelios. … MORE
Officials from the Illinois Department of Transportation will be holding a presentation on upcoming transportation projects impacting the local community.… MORE
A northern Illinois Native American group wants its land back.… MORE
A Bloomington Teacher was recently named the National Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award winner.… MORE
The numbers are in from Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington’s annual Night in a Car fundraiser. … MORE
OSF HealthCare in Peoria announced via news release a $1 million gift from The Woods Foundation (TWF).… MORE
The District 87 School Board on Wednesday approved a $4.5 million purchase of the State Farm Oakland Avenue building on the city’s east side.… MORE
Towanda Elementary and Prairieland Elementary will soon be receiving an updated “Campus Optimizer” to make the schools more green and energy efficient.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday proposed growing state spending by over $2 billion in the upcoming fiscal year while making a handful of corporate, sports wagering and other tax changes to pay for the increase. … 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…