A day after being shutout 1-0, the Peoria Chiefs slammed out a season-high 18 hits and beat the Fort Wayne TinCaps 11-1 Thursday night. The Chiefs are now 9-11 on the season as the offense tied the season-high in runs scored to end a four-game losing streak and avoid the sweep.… MORE
YWCA McLean County makes stand against racism
A group of adults and young women took a Stand Against Racism at the YWCA McLean County Thursday afternoon.… MORE
Social services funding moving through legislature
Illinois’ reeling social services could get a lifeline from Springfield.… MORE
Home Sweet Home preparing for May Community Challenge
Home Sweet Home Ministries is preparing for the start of its annual May Community Challenge. … MORE
I-74 road work to begin next week
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that, weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin May 2 for the cleaning and painting of the structure carrying Morris Avenue over I-74 south of Bloomington.… MORE
Legislation would make first responders immune from liability lawsuits
Should state law change so local governments’ first responders are immune from liability lawsuits?… MORE
Small fire contained at ISU chiller plan
Illinois State University officials said a small electrical fire at the University Street chiller plant has been controlled and extinguished. … MORE
Habitat for Humanity to break ground on 3 homes in Bloomington
Habitat for Humanity of McLean County has planned three groundbreaking celebrations in Bloomington on Saturday.… MORE
District 87 chief: Transparency could have prevented state overpayments
District 87 superintendent Barry Reilly said the millions of dollars that the state overpaid local taxing bodies this year is a symptom of a lack of transparency.… MORE
B-N Police Blotter: Wed. April 27, 2016
A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus.… MORE
Blogs
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…