By WMBD-TV KEWANEE – The Illinois State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a person of interest for a homicide investigation. On June 8, Kewanee police responded to a welfare check on West Division Street near Chautauqua Park, according to an ISP news release. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man…… MORE
The state’s fiscal year begins in two weeks. It’s a tight budget year. It’s a tough budget year. It’s a $53.1 billion budget, largest in state history.… MORE
If you complain about all the orange cones around Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s here to tell you: “Sorry. Not sorry.”… MORE
The Normal Police Department on Facebook recognized Officer Isaiah Williamson and Officer Eric Sage for their recent police work.… MORE
The latest curve in the Pritzker administration’s path toward replacing Stateville and Logan prisons is this glitch: not enough lawmakers showed up to make a quorum Friday.… MORE
McLean County Prosecutors charged a third person in the shooting death of Jamere Bew.… MORE
By WMBD-TV METAMORA – The Woodford County Health Department reported its first case of a bird testing positive for the West Nile virus in the county this year on Thursday. According to the health department, a dead blackbird in Metamora tested positive for the virus. Health departments around the state monitor mosquitos and birds who…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Tailgate ‘N Tallboys music festival is back on after Thursday night’s shows were canceled due to severe weather. According to the latest update from the Tailgate N’ Tallboys app, they thanked everyone for their understanding on Thursday and looked forward to a massive day. This afternoon, Nate Kenyon will take the side stage at…… MORE
In the almost ten years since Mike Frerichs has been treasurer, his office has returned $2 billion to citizens and organizations through its unclaimed property program, I-Cash.… MORE
The Illinois legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Friday will make final recommendations about the future of the Stateville and Logan state prisons, which the Pritzker administration wants to replace.… 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…