Each year Toys for Tots of McLean County collects and distributes toys to thousands of children in need in our area.… MORE
Category Archives: Event
Treat Feast in Uptown Normal
Celebrate spooky season in Uptown Normal with the annual family-friendly trick-or-treating event – Treat Feast!… MORE
Bruegala XXII: BOOgala!
Bruegala: A Festival of Beer is embracing spooky season this year!… MORE
Day of Play on September 24th
Uptown Normal is being transformed into one giant playground for the Children Discovery Museum’s Day of Play!… MORE
Oktoberfest 2022 in Uptown Normal
Oktoberfest is coming to Uptown Normal this September!… MORE
Evergreen Cemetery Walk 2022
The Evergreen Cemetery Walk is back and better than ever for another monumental year in 2022.… MORE
St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and you can help raise awareness and funds to fight this terrible disease with the St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon on September 17, 2022.… MORE
Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk 2022
After going virtual for the past two years, the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk returns to in-person at the State Farm Corporate South in Bloomington!… MORE
Go Over the Edge for Boys & Girls Club and the Child Protection Network
Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal, and Child Protection Network are raising money to go Over the Edge to help protect and serve our local children.… MORE
Volleypalooza: Sand Volleyball Tournament
Volleypalooza is Bloomington-Normal’s first multi-venue sand volleyball tournament and is looking for teams to register now!… 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…