By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – June is Pride Month, highlighting and celebrating individuals involved within the LGBTQ+ community. In Bloomington-Normal, The Prairie Pride Coalition serves the community as well as McLean County. President of the organization, Dave Bentlin, says backing the LGBTQ+ community is one of the best ways to show support during pride month.…… MORE
So far, three batches of mosquitos have tested positive for the virus, all in Cook County.… MORE
A man was arrested again in Jacksonville, Il. Thursday for his part in relation to the death of Geoffrey Rowry in Bloomington in 2021.… MORE
The Bloomington Gold car show is celebrating 50 years this weekend in the Twin-Cities.… MORE
The McLean County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help to locate a murder suspect.… MORE
By Jake Fogal FORD COUNTY – Local emergency services in Ford County responded to a single vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon that left one person dead. The Ford County Sheriff’s Office put out a news release that a 17-year old male from Gibson City, died in a crash on 500 East Road, just south of Sibley…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan University will be offering three new majors in the fall of 2023… MORE
There were 6.7 days suitable for field work during the week ending May 28, 2023. … MORE
Pool season starts on Saturday for the Twin Cities.… MORE
Connie Morgan will be named the next principal of Irving Elementary School, pending District 87 School Board approval in June.… 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…