Saying he’s proud of his many accomplishments including the creation of the Public Safety and Community Relations Board, the West Market Street Mural and the myBloomington app Ward 7 Alderman Scott Black announced Friday that he will not be seeking re-election in 2021.… MORE
The McLean County Health Department reports one new positive case of COVID-19 on Thursday, after two days of no new cases. … MORE
Normal Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying nine suspects involved in looting Target on May 31.… MORE
Community activists are applauding Wednesday’s announcement that the City of Bloomington is offering financial relief to residents harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council had a re-do of Monday night’s meeting on Wednesday.… MORE
By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department is asking for help identifying multiple suspects in the looting of a jewelry store on Sunday, May 31. Police say at least nine men and three women made up the group that entered the business and smashed out the glass on multiple display cases. —…… MORE
A pedestrian was killed in a car crash Tuesday afternoon on I-74 near Carlock.… MORE
The Democrat-pushed graduated income tax proposal is on the November ballot, but Carlson says that’s not part of this campaign.… MORE
For the second day in a row, the McLean County Health Department is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 and no hospitalizations from the disease.… MORE
An undocumented immigrant from Honduras, who was living in Bloomington, is headed to prison for the hit-and-run death of a Twin-Cities man a year ago.… 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…