By Neil Doyle MACKINAW – A 69-year-old Danvers man has been identified as the victim of a two-vehicle crash in rural Mackinaw. Preliminary autopsy results indicate Larry Conder died from blunt force head injuries due to the accident, according to Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley. Toxicology testing is pending. The two-vehicle crash happened Wednesday, Feb.…… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The 2022 Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois is quickly approaching. The Bloomington Polar Plunge will happen Saturday, February 26 at Miller Park Lake. Registration is from 9am-12pm. Plunge Director Vanessa Campos says plungers raise nearly $2 million for the athletes of Special Olympics Illinois…… MORE
Amid candy, roses, and finding love, the FBI in Springfield warns the public to think twice before swiping right on someone you might not know.… MORE
Gas prices continue to rise across the state as the latest gas report shows prices at the pump are up 5.4 cents over the past week.… MORE
A 20-year old man is dead after a shooting early Saturday morning in the 1600 block of W. Olive St.… MORE
The annual Radio Bloomington-St. Jude Radiothon wrapped up Friday and raised $98,740 for children with cancer.… MORE
A Heyworth woman surrendered to authorities Thursday on charges that she and her husband harassed a jury in a McLean County domestic violence trial in which she is the alleged victim.… MORE
The Illinois State Historical Society has chosen Illinois State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Wyman with its 2022 lifetime achievement award.… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON-After 41 years in the broadcasting booth, Twin Cities resident Dick Luedke has called his final shot. Illinois State’s verbal documenter of men’s basketball and football joined the Scott Miller Show Friday morning to make his official announcement. “I am going to retire after a long time as the radio play-by-play broadcaster…… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal is partnering with the Illinois Department of Public Health to host a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, Feb. 12. Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson adult and child vaccines will all be available, according to a news release. “The safety of our…… 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…