By Blake Haas NORMAL – In an attempt to stop thieves in their tracks, the Normal Police Department is launching a social media campaign called “Manhunt Monday.” Each week, the department displays photos of alleged criminals while in the act. Brad Park, Public Information Officer with the Normal Police Department, said the social media campaign…… MORE
By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – The Vice President of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP Chapter says we still have a ways to go to bring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams to fruition. While some significant progress has been made on a local and national level, Dr. Carla Campbell-Jackson said opportunities are on the horizon for the…… MORE
By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington police are asking for the public’s help in solving a shooting incident that happened Monday afternoon. BPD says around 12:45 p.m. officers responded to Towanda Ave. and E. Jefferson St. Investigators say they found physical evidence that a shooting had occurred. There were no reported injuries and no suspect…… MORE
The omicron variant, winter travel and the reopening of schools has caused a surge in demand for testing at Reditus Labs.… MORE
A Former McLean County piano teacher was handed down a 450-year prison sentence in a McLean County courtroom on Friday.… MORE
A Sangamon County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of bank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery, and one count of attempted escape from the Livingston County Jail.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON- Lots of families added a new fluffy member to their homes in 2021, but large amounts of animals were taken in by the Bloomington’s Humane Society. Eight hundred and eighty nine animals were brought in says Shelter Manager Jane Kahman, With the sizable sum of animals joining the Humane Society this…… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – A car is totaled after a Friday morning car/bus accident in Normal. Normal Police Department Community Services Officer Brad Park said a call came in around 8:10 a.m. for a car/bus accident at Raab Road and Parkside. The driver of the car, and the only person in it, was not…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – The state’s top public health doctor says it’s too soon to tell if the omicron variant has peaked. Cases have been surging in recent weeks, hitting the highest levels of the entire pandemic. Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says there has been a slight drop in cases the…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State Jesse White’s office is announcing $6 million in grants to libraries trying to cope during the pandemic. The grants are going to 211 school, academic and public libraries to help provide essential services says SOS spokesperson Henry Haupt. There are three types of grants being awarded. “The…… 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…