By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Illinois State University is addressing “disruptive, bigoted, and hateful” comments that have been typed and spoken during online classes. ISU says reports are circulating about these types of incidents being performed by persons not affiliated with the university at institutions across the country. Some online classes may have been recently…… MORE
A drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 is coming to McLean County and central Illinois.… MORE
With the House of Representatives set to vote on a massive $2.2 trillion stimulus package, the Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council said the proposed $350 billion set aside would help small businesses locally.… MORE
The McLean County Board is extending its emergency declaration to last until the third week of April.… MORE
The McLean County Health Department has confirmed a new case of coronavirus, bringing the total to nine cases.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced the launch of the “Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund” (ICRF), a new statewide fundraising effort to support nonprofit organizations serving those who have been affected by the pandemic.… MORE
State health officials with the daily update on coronavirus in Illinois.… MORE
Health officials announced a second Livingston County resident has tested positive for COVID-19.… MORE
Although students are not in classrooms due to COVID-19, one local superintended said his goal is to continue to build relationships with students virtually.… MORE
A woman walking on the road was struck by a car and died Thursday morning in Livingston County.… 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…