Gas prices across the state have risen 2.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.28 per gallon today.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Bloomington-Normal businesses return to full capacity with weekend sales
Businesses in Bloomington-Normal brought on the deals as they opened back up to full capacity on Friday.… MORE
The Bistro celebrating Pride Month through Pridefest street party
June is Pride Month, and McLean County’s only alternative bar is celebrating through a variety of events through “Pridefest.”… MORE
Fatal crash in rural Livingston County
A man from Odell died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday night in rural Livingston County.… MORE
U of I professor and students crank out children’s books to push engineering
At the University of Illinois’ Grainger College of Engineering, students and a professor are cranking out children’s books.… MORE
McLean County Board member resigns
Logan Smith submitted his resignation to McLean County Board Chairman John McIntyre Friday, effective immediately. … MORE
Man arrested for aggravated arson, burglary in Friday morning fire at Lincoln IGA
Authorities have made an arrest after the Lincoln IGA caught fire early Friday morning.… MORE
Dr. Ezike: This is a symbolic day
Illinois has reached Phase 5 of the reopening plan which means no capacity limits for groups, businesses, and events.… MORE
Bloomington LGBTQ+ bar to hold memorial service on the 5-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting
A local alternative bar is holding a memorial service this weekend to remember the 49 lives lost at an LGBTQ+ nightclub five years ago in Orlando, Florida.… MORE
One man in custody for allegedly strangling girlfriend at Bloomington bowling alley
A Bloomington man is in custody at the McLean County Jail for allegedly strangling his girlfriend at the Pheasant Lanes bowling alley on Wednesday.… MORE
Blogs
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…