By WMBD-TV NORMAL – A possible weekslong civil trial that was set next month for the town of Normal to square off against Alan Beaman could be done before it starts. That’s only if the town council votes on Monday night to accept a $5.4 million settlement with Beaman who had a 50-year murder sentence thrown out…… MORE
Multiple staff members and kids were injured after a riot at the Mary Davis Detention Home in Galesburg on Wednesday… MORE
Bloomington’s City Manager plans to head to his old stomping grounds to be the next City Manager of Decatur.… MORE
McLean County’s thriving economy could be home to several more billion-dollar businesses.… MORE
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted Thursday morning to extend the contract of the University of Illinois System President.… MORE
A recycling truck in Bloomington caught fire Thursday morning, but fast action by the driver resulted in no injuries.… MORE
The Bloomington Center for The Performing Arts announced that it has already surpassed its 2023 attendance mark just three months into 2024.… MORE
Illinois State University and Bradley University students are competing in a friendly two-day blood drive competition.… MORE
Job offers outside Bloomington are on the table for the city’s Manager.… MORE
For the first time since 2019, Bloomington Police received accreditation from the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.… 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…