By WMBD-TV PEKIN – In a relatively light agenda at Wednesday’s Tazewell County Board meeting, two solar farms were approved with minor pushback from some board members. One will be placed in Malone Township, while the other will be in a rural area in Mackinaw. Some expressed concerns about solar farms taking away from good…… MORE
YouthBuild McLean County received a visit from U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) on Wednesday.… MORE
Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington is reopening one of its historic buildings.… MORE
Seven Illinois State University students appeared in court Wednesday afternoon accused of criminal trespassing during a pro-Palestinian campus protest in late May.… MORE
Someone in Illinois nabbed a one million dollar ILottery winning ticket Tuesday night.… MORE
Someone in Illinois nabbed a one-million-dollar lottery-winning ticket Tuesday night.… MORE
A 17-year-old teen is being held after being transferred to adult court for charges stemming from his alleged connection to a shooting in Normal.… MORE
Calls of “Justice for Sonya” rang through the sanctuary of a church on Chicago’s West Side on Tuesday at a rally hosted in response to the death of Sonya Massey on July 6. … MORE
A 24-year-old Bloomington man could spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced in a McLean County Courtroom.… MORE
There were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending July 28, 2024. Statewide, the average temperature was 73.6 degrees, 1.7 degrees below normal.… 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…