By WMBD-TV WOODFORD COUNTY – A man who was allegedly driving while impaired when his Kia Sorrento collided with a Woodford County Sheriff’s deputy’s squad car will find out Friday if he’ll be held pending trial. Emmanual Lehani, 42, of Indianapolis appeared in Woodford County Circuit Court on Wednesday, one day after he allegedly collided…… MORE
Hundreds of Illinois State University faculty could soon be part of their own union.… MORE
By WMBD-TV MCLEAN COUNTY – The McLean County Zoning Board of Appeals tabled an item impacting the Mahomet Aquifer and CO2 pipelines. The board intended to vote on amended use standards for CO2 Sequestration Drilling. These recommendations came from the Land Use and Development Committee. The board’s main meeting room was unavailable. The temporary room…… MORE
A person has been cited by the Illinois State Police for allegedly colliding with a Woodford County Sheriff’s deputy vehicle early Tuesday morning.… MORE
A Jackson, Tenn. man faces armed robbery charges in McLean County after a Bloomington business was robbed late last month.… MORE
Avani Rai was selected as a 4-H Youth in Action Award recipient.… MORE
Two teens were arrested after a shooting incident in Bloomington late Friday night.… MORE
The top brass of Illinois State University hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday night for the athletic department’s new indoor practice facility.… MORE
The Bloomington Police Department is implementing a new tool to better serve the community. … MORE
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
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…