By Jake Fogal STANFORD – A 40-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter Friday night from Olympia Spartan’s senior Nic Olsen gave life to a Stanford crowd as the Spartans sat two points behind a Class 2A #1 Maroa-Forsyth team with 11 minutes to play. The two point conversion attempt that followed came up…… MORE
A Pennsylvania man faces animal drug and animal cruelty charges in McLean County.… MORE
An 82-year-old Wisconsin man is dead after two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in Woodford County on Interstate 39.… MORE
By WMBD-TV WOODFORD COUNTY – An 82-year-old Wisconsin man is dead after two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in Woodford County on Interstate 39. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said his office was waiting to release the Hudson, Wis. man’s identity until his family can arrive here. The coroner said it appeared the man was driving a Dodge…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department arrested five men for their alleged involvement in a multi-state auto theft ring last Friday. According to Bloomington Public Information Officer Bryce Janssen, the five Texas men were all charged in McLean County Circuit Court with seven counts of possession of a stolen motor vehicle worth more than $25,000.…… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe Wednesday in Washington D.C.… MORE
One of Normal’s top leaders is leaving the city for a new position in Galesburg.… MORE
Bloomington Police are closing several roads before a planned training at Bloomington High School on Friday morning.… MORE
A Central Illinois resident became a multimillionaire after winning a scratch-off grand prize.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – Residential Bulk waste is being collected by Bloomington public works personnel starting next week as part of the upcoming fall free bulk waste pickup. Solid waste program customers receive the service at no additional cost, though leaves, brush and trimmings will not be collected with the bulk pick-up. Deputy City…… 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…