Every year, Toys for Tots of McLean County collects and distributes toys to thousands of children in need in our area – help us bring Christmas cheer to every child!… MORE
Category Archives: Event
Uptown Normal Treat Feast on October 24
Put on those costumes a few days early and join us in Uptown Normal for the annual family-friendly trick-or-treating event – Treat Feast!… MORE
Halloween Monster Bash in Peoria
Our team of sister stations in Peoria, IL are hosting a Halloween Monster Bash and we didn’t want you to miss out on the invite!… MORE
Limelite Graphics 10 Year Anniversary Open House
Limelite Graphics in Carlock, IL is celebrating their 10 Year Anniversary with an open house and you’re invited!… MORE
Million Quarter Challenge for St. Jude
Collect your spare change and help us meet our goal in the Million Quarter Challenge for St. Jude now through October 15th!… MORE
41st Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival
The McLean County Arts Center invites you to Uptown Normal on October 5-6 for the 41st Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival!… MORE
Celebrating 30 Years of the Evergreen Cemetery Walk
The McLean County Museum of History invites you to their 30th Annual and FINAL Evergreen Cemetery Walk on the first two weekends of October 2024!… MORE
Bruegala in Paradise!
The Bloomington-Normal Jaycees aren’t quite ready for Summer to be over with… which is why they’re bringing tropical fun to Downtown Bloomington with Bruegala in Paradise!… MORE
COUNTRY Financial: The Next 100 Years
COUNTRY Financial is celebrating 100-years in our community! … MORE
Volleypalooza 2024: Sand Volleyball Tournament for Charity
Join us for the 3rd Annual Volleypalooza, a multi-venue sand volleyball tournament to benefit local charities!… 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…