After touring the mass vaccination site in Bloomington earlier this week, Central Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis thinks President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 200 million does of the COVID-19 vaccine is obtainable in his first 100-days in office.… MORE
Normal Community’s High School football game against Quincy Notre Dame last week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.… MORE
Week two of high school football kicks off tonight across Central Illinois.… MORE
After Congress passed a $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan,’ proposed by President Joe Biden, a Bloomington Financial Advisor says the bill is a “bailout disguised as a COVID relief plan.”… MORE
Rivian Automotive is looking to significantly expand its footprint at its plant in west Normal, while adding hundreds of workers to produce electric vehicles.… MORE
As the number of COVID-19 cases slowly declines, one financial advisor, says the economy could improve rapidly as more vaccines become available.… MORE
Students attending Heartland Community College will pay higher tuition and fees starting this summer.… MORE
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues worldwide, Pharmacies stand at the ready to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 30-day’s barring supplies.… MORE
After passing a $900 million COVID-19 stimulus package in December, Illinois Senior Senator Dick Durbin is calling for more relief as Joe Biden spends his first days in office.… MORE
As the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues worldwide to prevent the virus from spreading, a Bloomington Doctor says there is still a slim chance a person can get COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.… 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…