By Jake Fogal TOWANDA – The McLean County Coroner’s Office has released information regarding a fatal crash that occurred late Monday night on Northbound Interstate 55 near milepost 170 in the Boyd Wesley Park Pond in Towanda. County Coroner Kathy Yoder pronounced 60 year-old Rick Plourde of Bloomington, dead at the scene. Preliminary autopsy opinion…… MORE
By WMBD-TV PONTIAC – OSF Healthcare announced Monday that it would stop delivering babies at its hospital in Pontiac, instead routing patients to Bloomington. In a news release, the healthcare network said the change is due to a sharp decline in the number of children born at OSF Healthcare Saint James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center This,…… MORE
There were 3.5 days suitable for field work during the week ending May 14, 2023.… MORE
Michael Bakana has been found guilty of all charges connected to the Jan. 30, 2021, shooting death of 22-year-old Mariah Petracca outside Daddios, a downtown Bloomington nightclub.… MORE
A girl is recovering from a gunshot wound after an early Thursday morning shooting on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
Prosecutors have rested their case and the jury has been sent home as day three wound down in the Michael Bakana murder trial.… MORE
Testimony got underway in the trial of a man who is accused of shooting a woman in early 2021 outside a Downtown Bloomington bar.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Kiwanis Club is putting on it’s annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale this week ahead of the celebratory holiday this Sunday. This year the Mother’s Day Flower Sale fundraising event got underway on Wednesday. The tent will be open again Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., and 9:00am-2:00pm…… MORE
By WMBD-TV NORMAL – Beginning on Thursday, May 11, a water main replacement will start on Livingston Street and Morgan Street, between Hovey Avenue and Adelaide Street, Illinois Department of Transportation announced on Wednesday. Work is expected to last until mid June, weather permitting. Access will maintain for local traffic while project is being completed.…… MORE
By WMBD-TV SPRINGFIELD – May has officially been declared Motorcycle Awareness Month in Illinois, urging all Illinoisans to “start seeing motorcycles” on the state’s roads. According to a news release, the Start Seeing Motorcycles campaign was rolled out as warmer weather brings motorcyclists back onto the roads. It is a joint effort between the governor’s office, the Illinois…… 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…