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2023 St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon

2023 St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon

Join us Saturday September 23rd, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, for the St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon, to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. MORE

Brews at the Zoo 2023

Brews at the Zoo 2023

Brews at the Zoo returns to Miller Park Zoo for one night only on Saturday, June 24!MORE

History Maker Gala 2023

History Maker Gala 2023

Join the McLean County Museum of History for the celebration of the 2023 History Makers during the gala on June 15th.MORE

UIS will soon have a presence near the Capitol

UIS will soon have a presence near the Capitol

By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield campus of the University of Illinois is a step closer to the bright lights of downtown. UIS chancellor Janet Gooch says the former Illinois Sheriffs’ Association building at Fourth and Washington Streets, a few blocks from the Capitol, will host the university’s business incubator, plus pursuits that can…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…