A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Part of Broadway in Normal to close
By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Broadway between North Street and College Avenue, will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday until May 22 for pavement repair. Access to Commerce Bank, JSM parking deck, the alley east of Broadway, and the post office will be maintained from the south end at North Street.… MORE
Ex-Unit 5 leader Niehaus gets job in Michigan
Unit 5 superintendent Mark Daniel’s last job was in Michigan, which is where his predecessor has landed.… MORE
Longtime Bloomington-Normal labor leader dies
Paul Penn, who was business manager for Laborers Local 362, for more than two decades, died Thursday at the age of 90.… MORE
Bloomington library board discusses Bookmobile stops
The Bloomington Public Library Board is examining the stops the bookmobile makes after Mayor Tari Renner raised concerns about limited stops on the west side.… MORE
Route 66 Visitors Center already a hit; Tourism revenue rises in Bloomington-Normal
The Route 66 Visitors Center has only been open for 12 days, but its already making a big impact on tourism in the area.… MORE
Tri-Valley students prepare for Civil War battle
The Civil War is coming to Bloomington. … MORE
ISU professor conducting water quality survey
A sociology professor at Illinois State University is helping to conduct a survey of Twin Cities residents who use water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen.… MORE
Last two Operation Cool car winners ‘best friends’
By Eric Stock NORMAL – There’s an unlikely link between the two teens who have won new cars through Tri-County Operation Cool in the last two years. University High School junior Logan Wolf and last year’s winner, Jacob Day of Heyworth, go way back. “We’ve been best friends since preschool,” Wolf said to Susan Saunders…… MORE
Former deputy’s dismissal upheld by arbitrator
A former McLean County Sheriff’s deputy will not be allowed back on the force after an arbitrator sided with then-Sheriff Mike Emery’s decision to let the officer go.… 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…