Obituary for Carol Ely, Mary Guse.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Bloomington man faces $250K bond following drug arrest
A Bloomington man who authorities say has a history of committing crimes after persuading judges to reduce his bail will now have to come up with $250,000 bond to be released after allegedly selling cocaine.… MORE
WJBC Voices: Back to School
It’s back to school time.… MORE
Comptroller to Illinois schools: Checks in the mail
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is telling Illinois school districts, the check is in the mail.… MORE
Bloomington man gets 15 years for attempted murder
A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stabbed two people earlier this year.… MORE
Vitale touts ‘awesome’ basketball museum project in Pontiac
Basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale brought his gift for gab to Pontiac on Thursday to help raise money for the proposed Basketball Museum of Illinois in Pontiac.… MORE
New conference unbeatens meet to highlight Week 3 high school football
A pair of programs that met two years ago in the playoffs will meet for the first time in conference play in Friday’s featured game.… MORE
Evergreen Cemetery gravestones defaced
By Sean Copeland BLOOMINGTON – The manager of Bloomington’s historic Evergreen Cemetery says she’s disheartened after finding graffiti spraypainted on two tombstones earlier this week. Evergreen Manager Tina Crow says a cemetery visitor alerted her to one stone that was vandalized. and found the second one nearby. Though Crow says it’s uncommon for this sort…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan rally calls for keeping DACA
Illinois Wesleyan University became the hub for demonstrations Thursday to protect DACA from extinction by the Trump Administration.… MORE
Florida residents flee Irma’s path
One couple in the Hurricane Irma path is en route to central Florida away from their home in the central Florida Keys as Irma heads toward the U.S. mainland via the Keys this weekend.… 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…