Category Archives: Headlines
Rep. Kinzinger first Republican to call on Trump to be removed from office
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) (Photo courtesy: Adam Kinzinger/Twitter) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – Just a day after violence erupted in the nation’s capital, a Republican Congressman from I...
Jan 07, 2021
IHSA Exec. Director: “We now have to consider modified season lengths” as board meeting approaches
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. (Photo courtesy: IHSA)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Illinois High School Association Executive Director Craig Anderson said a timetable for the return of hig...
Jan 05, 2021
MCHD reports 129 new cases of COVID-19
Jennifer Woodward, Pharmacy Director at Carle BroMenn Medical Center receives a COVID-19 vaccine shipment from a Regional Hospital Coordinator official. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Health Departmen...
Jan 05, 2021
Lawmakers heading back to Springfield for lame-duck session
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy: WikiMedia/Illinoislawmakers) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – For the first time in almost eight months, that old gang is coming back to Spring...
Jan 05, 2021
Normal Council Member roots for local restaurant charged with COVID-19 violations
At Monday night's council meeting, council member Stan Nord said the bar owners were following the law, just not all of Pritzker's recommendations. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of ...
Jan 05, 2021
Health officials report 12 more COVID-19 deaths; 299 new cases
The McLean County Health Department reported 12 more COVID-related deaths on Monday. (Photo courtesy: WJBC) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Department reports 12 more people...
Jan 04, 2021
MCHD reports 110 new cases of COVID-19
McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight reports110 more McLean County residents tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – McLean ...
Dec 31, 2020
McLean County surpasses 100 COVID-related deaths
MCHD reports while the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered last week, around 1,600 front-line healthcare workers have received their first dose.(Facebook/Reditus Laboratories)By Blak...
Dec 30, 2020
MCHD reports 237 new cases of COVID-19
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday, Dec. 18. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Health Department) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Health officials report ...
Dec 21, 2020
Travel could soon be on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine
Tim Davis of Direct Travel says travel is back on the rise. (Photo courtesy Flickr/Burmarrad Mark Camenzuli) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – With the first COVID-19 vaccines administered this week, ...
Dec 18, 2020
