By Dave Dahl Pandemic or not, your friends and family are unlikely to go without this holiday season. “Consumers appeared to have paid attention to the admonition to start much earlier,” said Illinois Retail Merchants Association president Rob Karr. “They did. It looks like it started in early October, so it will be interesting to…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – This is Scott’s Law Day in Illinois; a time to remind the driving public that they need to move over when they see flashing lights on the side of the road. Motorists need to slow down and change lanes when they see a vehicle pulled over with its hazards or…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – A look back at Illinois weather this year. February 2021 was brutally cold, with many records set all over the state. Spring and summer featured plenty of rainfall in central and southern Illinois, while the northern part of the state remained dry says State Climatologist Trent Ford. “The 2021 northern…… MORE
By Jake Fogal Earlier this month, State Farm began their annual Season of Giving campaign, with a small twist. Switching things up then in past years, the insurance company held a healthy competition between departments, where employees participated in a program called Acts of Good. Acts of Good is a program where workers could track…… MORE
As hospitals in McLean County is near capacity with cases of COVID-19 and the new variant Omicron running rampant, local health officials are issuing guidance for holiday get-togethers.… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Katthoefer Animal Building at the Miller Park Zoo will re-open Wednesday, Dec. 22, after several animals tested positive for COVID-19. The building was shut down last month after a tiger and four snow leopards started showing symptoms. Testing confirmation did not come until Dec. 14 from the national laboratory.…… MORE
Congressman Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) is not running for Governor – instead, he will be up for re-election in the newly drawn 15th district.… MORE
A man accused of strangling and punching an eight-year old family member in Bloomington last month remained jailed Tuesday night on felony charges.… MORE
A Livingston County man has been sentenced to 135 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a young girl over a three-year period.… MORE
By Jake Fogal At approximately 11:20 a-m, area residents heard a large noise, accompanied by mild shaking in some areas. Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Rebecca Clark explains what that loud boom heard across Central Illinois was. “Upon further review, it was determine that an F-15 fighter jet in the air space of up Central…… 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…