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Yearly Archives: 2017
Rashid named Eureka College baseball coach
by Eureka College Sports Information EUREKA, Ill. – Jerry Rashid has been appointed head coach of the Eureka College baseball team. An icon throughout the central Illinois baseball community, Rashid has won more than 800 games in 39 seasons at the high school level and is a member of the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches…… MORE
Gov. Rauner: Send ed funding bill or prepare for special session
Governor Bruce Rauner is telling lawmakers to send him the education funding bill or be prepared to report to Springfield.… MORE
District 87 superintendent: SB 1 school funding measure most politically realistic
A local school administrator says the Democratic-based school funding proposal in Senate Bill 1 is the most politically realistic.… MORE
Hamilton Road to close for street repairs
Effective Monday (July 24), Hamilton Road (between Greenwood and Morris) will be closed to all traffic due to street repairs.… MORE
Illinois’ state elections board to take up Trump admin’s elections fraud questions next month
Illinois’ statewide elections authority will take up a series of questions from the Trump Administration’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, but it might not offer much response.… MORE
Sports On Air
Friday, July 21: WJBC-AM 1230: Major League Baseball–Cardinals at Cubs, 12:25 p.m. WJBC.com: Frontier League Baseball–Windy City ThunderBolts at Normal CornBelters, 6:20 p.m. (click to listen) … MORE
Illinois jobless rate edges up amid sluggish payroll growth
The state’s jobless rate edged higher in June compared to the previous month, as the Illinois Department of Employment Security said the state is not keeping with stronger job markets nationwide.… MORE
Moody’s spares Illinois bonds from junk declaration
Illinois is again avoiding the unwelcome prospect of becoming the first state in the U.S. to have its credit sink to junk.… MORE
Civilian police board in Bloomington won’t include felons under compromise plan
A compromise proposal to create a civilian advisory board for Bloomington Police is aimed at unifying the city council, but Mayor Tari Renner acknowledges no one will be completely satisfied when aldermen finally resolve the contentious issue.… 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…