Bloomington city election commissioners will hear a challenge next Monday questioning the validity of nominating petitions filed by a candidate for alderman.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
National Weather Service: 4 tornadoes hit McLean County
Saturday’s stretch of tornadoes set a record for December.… MORE
Award-winning Author and Scholar to Speak at ISU
Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, a contributing editor to TIME magazine, has appeared on nearly every major media outlet, and hosts a news and talk program on NPR, The Michael Eric Dyson Show.… MORE
Normal mayor laments loss of staffer as council holds line on property taxes
Property owners in Normal will see what the mayor describes as a “very modest” decrease in taxes because there are fewer government employees.… MORE
Paxton man gets decade in prison in BPD, FBI child porn case
A Bloomington Police and FBI probe into child pornography ends in a federal prison sentence for a Ford County man.… MORE
State Farm CEO named to Pritzker transition team
State Farm’s CEO Michael Tipsord has been named to Gov.-elect JB Pritzker’s transition team.… MORE
McLean County Board approves new meeting time, elected members sworn in
New members on the McLean County Board have delivered on a key issue to change the time of its monthly meeting.… MORE
Former McLean County judge named to Pritzker transition team
Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker has picked another familiar name for one of his transition teams.… MORE
Tree lighting aims to keep AIDS fight in focus
The virus that causes is AIDS is no longer considered a deaths sentence for people who have the infection.… MORE
Bloomington triple murder suspect allowed to defend himself at trial
Accused triple murderer Sydney Mays of Bloomington would rather defend himself at trial instead of having a public defender represent him.… 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…