By Jake Fogal PONTIAC – Police officers in Pontiac were dispatched late Friday night on a call referencing that an individual had been shot. Officers arrived to the 400 block of West Cleary Street where a 36 year old woman had suffered multiple gun shot wounds. The woman told Pontiac Police that an unidentified male…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The person accused of killing a Bloomington woman who was reported missing has pleaded not guilty to all charges during a brief hearing Friday morning. Man indicted for 1st-degree murder in strangulation case Joshua Livingston, 41, of Danvers, entered his pleas in McLean County Circuit Court to charges of first-degree murder, possession of…… MORE
By WMBD-TV URBANA, Ill. — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a California man and his companies for defrauding central Illinois investors out of more than $20 million. According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release, 37-year-old Brett Michael Bartlett and his companies Dynasty Toys, Inc. and 7M E-group Corporation have been charged with…… MORE
Illinois pig farmers, Illinois Pork Producers Association staff, and FFA state officers handed out BLT sandwiches to legislators and discussed the role that pork production plays in Illinois, the fourth largest pork producing state in the United States.… MORE
An Edwardsville woman died in an early morning car crash on Monday, according to the Livingston County Coroner.… MORE
A Bloomington man was arrested after a shooting incident near the 400 block of Valley View Circle Monday.… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – On Monday night, the City of Bloomington and Town of Normal swore in new members for their councils. Andy Byars was sworn into the Normal Town Council. Karyn Smith and Kathleen Lorenz are the incumbents from April’s consolidated election. In Bloomington, Jenna Kearns and John Wyatt Danenberger were sworn in to…… MORE
By WJBC News BLOOMINGTON – Messina Lambert will be named the next principal of Bloomington Junior High School, pending District 87 School Board approval this month. Lambert currently serves as the principal of Irving School. “It was not a desire to leave the Irving principalship that is leading to my transition to BJHS, rather, I…… MORE
By USDA SPRINGFIELD – There were 5.1 days suitable for field work during the week ending April 30, 2023. Statewide, the average temperature was 50.4 degrees, 6.1 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 0.26 inches, 0.61 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 2 percent very short, 10 percent short, 69 percent adequate, and 19…… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL – The Normal Town Council Monday night approved two special use permits for an adult-use cannabis dispensary. Council chambers were full while members of the community shared their opinions on dispensaries at the proposed locations. Mayor Chris Koos stopped public comments after 30 minutes. The special use permit for High Haven, a Michigan-based…… 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…