The Illinois State women’s soccer team received seven first-place tallies and 63 total points when voted as the top team in the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, as announced by the league Monday.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Mellor seeks reduced sentence for murder
A Bloomington woman who is serving an eight-year prison sentence for killing her husband last year is asking a judge to reduce her prison term.… MORE
Local woman leads pro-police rally in Bloomington, draws counter protest
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A local woman staged what she called a pro-police rally outside Bloomington City Hall on Monday. About 15 people showed up at the demonstration organized by Regina Noland of Bloomington. She said Monday’s event outside city hall has nothing to do with race. “People in America have a right to…… MORE
Council slams Renner aide proposal
Bloomington aldermen gave a big thumbs down Monday to Mayor Tari Renner’s idea of hiring a mayoral aide to manage a growing city.… MORE
Japan trip spending allegations irk Bloomington’s mayor
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner hopes he can put to rest allegations from some of his critics that city funds were misused when his girlfriend accompanied him on a recent trip to Japan. However, the attacks appeared to get under the mayor’s skin.… MORE
Teenager hurt in a hit and run crash in southwest Bloomington
Bloomington police are investigating a hit and run crash that injured a teenage bicyclist on the city’s southwest side.… MORE
Two victims from weekend crash identified
A single vehicle accident in the early morning hours of Saturday claimed the lives of two Livingston County men.… MORE
Obituaries: Hinchee
Obituary for Linda J. Hinchee… MORE
Advocacy group calls for boycott of pro-police rally
On the heels of national outrage regarding the Charlottesville, Virg. demonstrations and the three deaths and injuries of 19 others, the McLean County group Black Lives Matter is calling out its disapproval of a Blue Lives Matter event scheduled for today in front of Bloomington city hall.… MORE
Southern Illinois as ready as it can be for next week’s eclipse
There’s not really much more to do in southern Illinois to get ready for the eclipse.… 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…