By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – University of Illinois Springfield put on its own Veterans Day ceremony, with a flag-raising in a chilly, windy Student Life Plaza. “It’s a moment that is worthy of our attention,” said UIS interim chancellor Karen Whitney. “It’s a moment to appreciate that only through the service of who we honor…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – The District 87 School Board has picked the three finalists to become the next superintendent, replacing Barry Reilly, who’s retiring next year. David Mouser is superintendent of Tri-Valley CUSD #3 in Downs, near the Twin-Cities. The board will interview Mouser in the coming weeks along with David Deets and Becca…… MORE
A Peoria Heights man arrested last weekend for allegedly trying to rob a Bloomington restaurant is now the suspect in an assault on the Illinois State University mascot and a film crew on the quad.… MORE
Shares of Rivian Automotive hit record numbers as the highest IPO (Initial Public Offering) since 2014.… MORE
With a handful of Democrats already declaring, there is finally a Republican apparently ready for a run for secretary of state – and it’s a local lawmaker. … MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Members of the Stand Up for Justice group held signs in front of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts with hopes of bringing awareness to homelessness. The organization says the existing affordable housing is at compacity. There are currently over 500 people on the section 8 wait list. “We…… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington wants to say thank you to all those who served on Veterans Day. “Thanks to T-Mobile we are allowing veterans and their families to get in free on Veterans Day,” MPZ Superintendent Jay Tetzloff told WJBC’s Scott Miller. The Miller Park Zoo, located at…… MORE
More and more government employees are receiving their COVID-19 vaccine in the city of Bloomington.… MORE
By USDA SPRINGFIELD – There were 4.7 days suitable for field work during the week ending November 7, 2021. Statewide, the average temperature was 41.3 degrees, 5.5 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 0.01 inches, 0.79 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 4 percent short, 87 percent adequate, and 9 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – A 16-year old Bloomington High School student accused of bringing a loaded gun to school last week faces the possibility of being tried as an adult on weapons charges. McLean County State’s Attorney Don Knapp said Monday he anticipates petitioning a judge to move the case to adult court. A…… 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…