Due to the rain, the city of Peoria has issued a Combined Sewer Overflow Alert for Monday.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Multifamily housing plans met with public disapproval at Normal Town Council
On Monday, new housing in Normal caused a lengthy town council meeting.… MORE
Community remembers former Richwoods High Football player after tragic drowning
Family, friends, and former teammates are mourning the loss of Santonio Wallace, a former Richwoods High School football player who tragically drowned on Easter Sunday while swimming at Navarre Beach in Florida. He was just 17 years old.… MORE
Explosive materials found in Pekin home; two arrested
Several pounds of a material consistent with being explosive materials along with suspected detonation devices were allegedly found inside of a Pekin home after a brief standoff Wednesday.… MORE
Citizen groups challenge $134M Ameren Illinois rate increase
Citizen advocacy groups, on Wednesday, argued that a proposed $134 million rate hike for natural gas use is beyond what is needed.… MORE
Peoria mother remains in jail for alleged child abuse and murder
Nothing a judge could do would keep a 21-month-old girl safe from her mother, especially after she left the child with a convicted sex offender.… MORE
Coroner: ‘Lack of consent’ prevented organ donation by 20-month-old boy
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood shook his head when he talked about the recent death of a 20-month-old boy from suspected child abuse.… MORE
UPDATE: Mother charged with murder in connection with toddler’s death
A South Peoria woman faces murder charges for allegedly beating her 20-month-old son to death earlier this month.… MORE
New zero-emission bus plant to open in Peoria area; create 90 jobs
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Gov. JB Pritzker said a zero-emission electric bus company will open a manufacturing plant in the Greater Peoria Area — the first for the company within the country — that will create 90 jobs. Damera Corporation, a Canadian transit solutions provider, plans to open its first U.S. assembly plant and invest more than…… MORE
Bloomington City Council denies special use permit
A special use permit that would see a home at 707 East Empire Street continue to be used as a three-unit rental was denied in a 6-2 vote by Bloomington City Council members Monday night.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…