Whether you run at the speed of a tiger or a tortoise, you’re invited to run with the pack at the Miller Park Zoo Stampede!… MORE

Whether you run at the speed of a tiger or a tortoise, you’re invited to run with the pack at the Miller Park Zoo Stampede!… MORE
Save the date! The annual Sharin’ of the Green Parade is returning to Uptown Normal on March 15, 2025 to raise money for Brightpoint (formerly Children’s Home and Aid). … MORE
Home Sweet Home Ministries invites you to sign up for “Night in a Car” on Friday, February 7th!… MORE
The 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois returns to Miller Park in Bloomington on Saturday, February 22 and we want you to brave the cold and help us raise money!… MORE
COUNTRY Financial is celebrating 100-years in our community! … MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…