The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we relay. We have an opportunity for people to make donations to honor their loved ones who are or have battled cancer. Cancer never stops, so the need to raise funds to fight this terrible disease goes on. O’Brien Mitsubishi and WJBC want to help Relay for Life…… MORE
A second person has been charged with a hate crime in Bloomington involving protesters throughout the city.… MORE
McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight has a warning for anyone who has attended recent protests or rallies.… MORE
Illinois State University says its looking into social media posts with racist and homophobic comments attributed to some current and incoming students.… MORE
On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, members of the Black Lives Matter movement constructed a community alter to honor Ms. Taylor’s life at the McLean County Law and Justice Center.… MORE
Face coverings have become the new normal with the coronavirus outbreak, but what kind of impact do they have when communicating with your furry friend?… MORE
Police arrested a Bloomington man Thursday as part of the ongoing investigation into the looting incident at Eastland Mall.… MORE
Police have arrested six more adults and two juveniles from the looting incident that happened late Sunday night at the Target in Normal.… MORE
Summer school in Illinois will move offline and into the classroom. … MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the victim of a fatal crash that happened Thursday morning.… 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…