Illinois State Athletics and Learfield’s Redbird Sports Properties have agreed to a new five-year partnership with WJBC AM 1230 and 93.7 NASH Icon.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Treasurer urges Gov. Rauner to champion budget, tax hikes he vetoed
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs wants Gov. Bruce Rauner to champion a budget Rauner says doesn’t address Illinois’ decades of fiscal problems.… MORE
McLean County judge keeps bond for two murder defendants
A judge has kept bond intact for two defendants charged in the murder of a woman who was found stabbed to death in Funks Grove last week.… MORE
Storms cause minor damage, outages in Logan County
Storms that swept through Central Illinois on Monday night knocked down trees and caused scattered power outages. … MORE
Bloomington council backs Washington St. bike lanes
After weeks of public hearings, the Bloomington City Council unanimously agreed Monday night to amend the city’s master plan for bicyclists to include bike lanes on one the city’s busiest roadways.… MORE
Bloomington council hears conflicting views ahead of civilian police board vote
A standing-room-only crowd gathered at Bloomington City Hall Monday night as aldermen continued to deliberate whether to create a civilian advisory board to review allegations of police misconduct.… MORE
Normal rebooting “All About Normal” Citizens Academy
The Town of Normal is offering citizens a chance to see the inner-workings of governance.… MORE
Bloomington-Normal WAVES swimmer makes return trip to World Junior Championships
Normal Community senior Grace Ariola’s return trip to the World Junior Championships in swimming will be a much shorter one.… MORE
Prosecutors seek admission of statements in Zimmerman murder trial
The prosecution in the Kirk Zimmerman murder trial wants about 40 alleged statements by he and his late ex-wife, Pam, admitted into his upcoming proceedings.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football receives Top 25 votes in preseason poll
Illinois Wesleyan football will play three top 10 opponents in the first half of the 2017 season, based on the D3football.com Top 25 Preseason Poll released Monday.… 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…