According to a local financial advisor, the new COVID-19 variant Omicron could bring market volatility to wall street.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Uptown Normal’s Santa’s Station canceled
By Jake Fogal NORMAL – The highly anticipated Santa’s Station event will have to be put on hold for another year. The holiday festivity that would normally be set up between Uptown Station and the Children’s Discovery Museum in Uptown Normal has been postponed for the second consecutive year. Normal Civic Arts Manager Adam Fox…… MORE
Holiday windows in Uptown Normal
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – The holiday windows in Uptown Normal are coming back for a second year. Town of Normal Civic Arts Manager Adam Fox says it’s a contemporary take on the window displays major department stores traditionally provide during the holiday season. Fox spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “If you have images that…… MORE
Gov. Pritzker announces $94 million in funding to improve public airports
By IIS Radio MOLINE – Gov. JB Pritzker is announcing $94 million in funding to improve public airports throughout Illinois. The money represents the largest capital investment program for airports in state history says the governor, providing funding to locations statewide. “That includes funding at St. Louis Regional in Alton, Central Illinois Regional in Bloomington,…… MORE
Top McLean County Health Official says the majority of new COVID-19 cases are from unvaccinated people
According to McLean County’s top health official, most new cases of COVID-19 are from unvaccinated people.… MORE
McLean County Coroner ID’s ISU student involved in Monday night car crash
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified an Illinois State University graduate student who died during a car accident near ISU’s campus Monday evening.… MORE
Local YMCA names Patrick Mainieri Chief Operating Officer
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington-Normal YMCA has named Patrick Mainieri as the organization’s first Chief Operating Officer. Mainieri is currently an assistant principal at Bloomington High School. According to a news release, he has more than 12 years of experience working with and supporting YMCA’s and 15 years in public education. “Patrick is…… MORE
Halfway through Illinois’ firearm deer season
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Halfway through Illinois’ firearm deer season, hunters are slightly ahead of last year’s pace. For Nov. 19-21, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports a preliminary total of 50,300 deer “harvested,” compared to 47,147 for the first weekend of 2020’s season. That difference of just over 3,000 is “not terribly…… MORE
Some Miller Park Zoo animals show signs of COVID-19
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Four snow leopards and a Sumatran Tiger at the Miller Park Zoo are showing signs of COVID-19, according to a news release Tuesday. No cat has been confirmed with the virus but staff, consulting with veterinarians, are moving forward with an abundance of caution, according to the release. The zoo…… MORE
UPDATE: Woman dies from injuries after car-pedestrian crash near ISU
By HOI ABC NORMAL – A 23-year old woman who was hit by a car in Normal Monday evening has died from her injuries. Normal Police and McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said the woman was pronounced dead Tuesday at about 4:15 p.m. at Carle BroMenn Medical Center. Authorities say the woman was hit on…… MORE
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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…