Another round of winter weather is expected to hit central Illinois Friday and into Saturday morning.… MORE
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Former Bloomington fire chief now heads Alabama department
A former Bloomington Fire Chief is now taking the reigns of a department in Alabama.… MORE
Sexual assault charges filed against Bloomington surgeon
A Bloomington man was arrested Wednesday as a result of a sexual assault and sexual abuse investigation involving an adult victim.… MORE
BPD arrests five people for Tuesday night robbery
Bloomington police picked up five people Tuesday for a robbery on the city’s southwest side.… MORE
LaHood attends signing of ‘Phase One’ trade deal with China
The U.S. and China on Wednesday signed a “Phase One” trade deal that includes pledges from Beijing to more than double its purchases from American farmers in the first year.… MORE
Miller Park Zoo seeking adult volunteers
Miller Park Zoo is looking for people of different skill sets to volunteer at the facility.… MORE
More bills surface to stop Illinois’ ‘revolving door’ from lawmaker to lobbyist
Lawmakers have filed more bills to stop Illinois’ “revolving door” of lawmakers becoming lobbyists as soon as they leave office.… MORE
Republicans again blast lack of proposed reforms to reduce Illinois high property taxes
Illinois Republicans continued to criticize the Democratic majority for failing to produce a report with recommendations to reduce the state’s high property taxes, which have been pegged as the second-highest in the nation.… MORE
A quarter of every tax dollar from recreational cannabis sales in Illinois will go to nonprofit groups
By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – In the first 12 days of legal cannabis sales, state regulators report dispensaries sold nearly $20 million in cannabis products in nearly 500,000 transactions, but some have already raised concerns about how the tax revenue from recreational cannabis will be spent. From Jan. 1 to Jan. 12, the state reported…… MORE
Are you not entertained? Best Books of 2019
The things that entertain us, the movies, books, and music, can be just simple time-wasters or guilty pleasures. Or they can mean something, and effect us in ways we couldn’t foresee. Here are some of the best books of 2019.… 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…