By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) supports the decision of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to remove all his nominees, including Davis, from the select committee investigating the Capitol security break of Jan. 6. “In the end I’m disappointed, because I wanted a chance to talk about the security failures…… MORE
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Illinois State University students will start to move-in this week and there will be some lane closures around campus. There will be lane closures on Fell Avenue from Mulberry Street to Beaufort Street throughout move-in which runs Aug. 9 to Aug. 15. Town officials are asking drivers to allow for extra…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Your hostess at the 2021 Illinois State Fair, Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Kelsi (cq) Kessler, is actually a newcomer to pageants. “Funny story – my county pageant is the very first pageant I went out for. I was going to college the very next month, and I wanted to…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County 911 Communications office says they are currently experiencing 911 landlines being down in parts of McLean County. The area is in Fort Jesse and Hershey. Officials say if you are unable to get through on 911, to dial the non-emergency number. That is 309-888-5030. There is no timetable…… MORE
Bloomington-Normal is a finalist to land a $1 billion development, one of the biggest deals the area’s economic development chief said he has ever seen.… MORE
Cases of West Nile Virus are expanding in the Twin-cities as local health officials report a second mosquito pool tested positive for the virus.… MORE
As the Delta variant spreads, Carle Health requires all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.… MORE
Two men who escaped from the Fulton County Jail last month pleaded not guilty to escape charges in court on Wednesday. Cody Villalobos and Jesse Davis were two of four men who escaped from the facility last month.… MORE
By WJBC Staff SPRINGFIELD – Due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases, Secretary of State Jesse White announced that beginning Sept. 1, Secretary of State employees who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be required to submit to repeated COVID-19 testing. “As the pandemic continues to surge nationally, we must do all we can…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – It’s back to school time, but it’s college presidents giving a report. Members of two House committees heard reports not just from college leaders, but from the Illinois Department of Public Health. “We consulted with the Board of Higher Education about strongly encouraging institutions of higher education to require all…… 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…