By WMBD-TV PEKIN – A reckless driver has left two people dead in Pekin. According to Pekin police, two people were found near Caroline and North 2nd Streets early Thursday morning. A woman was pronounced dead on the scene. A 46-year-old man was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.…… MORE
The town’s annual “Make Music Normal” festival is back in Uptown Normal Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24.… MORE
Former Reditus Lab CEO Aaron Rossi made an appearance in Federal Court in Peoria Thursday.… MORE
By Jake Fogal NORMAL – Town officials in Normal are seeking the publics input for plans to reconstruct certain areas of Vernon Avenue. The upgrades to Vernon Avenue would be from West Beaufort Street to Towanda Avenue and intended to evaluate alternative transportation options. A project budget will be determined following the review process. The…… MORE
A LeRoy woman was sentenced Tuesday in relation to years of failing to file personal and corporate tax returns between 2015 and 2020.… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Miller Park Zoo announced that the sudden death of Indigo, the Randall Lineback cow Monday. According to a Miller Park Zoo Facebook post, Indigo had been under veterinary treatment for G.I. and mobility issues last week, and her behavior was indicating that she was feeling worse. The animal care and veterinary…… MORE
Normal Fire Department Assistant Chief Doug Barnett is retiring after more than 24 years of service.… MORE
The department of child and family services held a hiring fair Monday afternoon in Bloomington.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – The national average price of diesel has fallen nearly 2 cents in the last week and stands at $3.87 per gallon. Average gasoline prices in Illinois have risen almost 11 cents in the last week, averaging $3.96 a gallon According to GasBuddy’s survey of over 43-hundred stations in Illinois, prices…… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the man found dead in the tree line near Main Street and Raab Road in Normal Friday. According to a Normal police news release, the man was identified as 47-year-old Aaron Marroquin Jimenez. The preliminary autopsy shows that Marroquin Jimenez died of natural causes.…… 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…