The candidates vying for the 13th Congressional District seat, covering much of the west and central parts of Bloomington-Normal, took each other to task Monday night for who’s donating to their respective campaigns.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Fire causes $50,000 in damage to Bloomington home
A fire started possibly by a fireplace caused about $50,000 in damage to a Bloomington home.… MORE
Shots fired early Sunday morning in Normal
Normal police are investigating an incident which started as a fight and turned into gunshots being fired.… MORE
McLean County Health Department offers tips for healthy, safe Halloween
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – The best way to eat healthy this Halloween is to have a good meal before everyone goes out trick or treating. The McLean County Health Department’s communications specialist Lisa Slater offered several health and safety tips for Wednesday’s spooktacular. Slater told WJBC’s Scott Miller that people eating a balanced meal…… MORE
BPD: Shots fired in Downtown Bloomington
The sounds of gunfire were heard in Downtown Bloomington early Saturday morning, but apparently no one was hurt.… MORE
Tazewell County trucker killed in semi crash
A Morton trucking firm said one of its employees was the man killed late Thursday afternoon when a semi overturned at the I-74/I-155 interchange near Morton.… MORE
BPD seeks public’s help to solve armed home invasion
A masked gunman was said to be one of two intruders who committed a home invasion Thursday morning on Bloomington’s southeast side.… MORE
Research shows green tea can help cancer patients
Asking a cancer patient to trade their hearing for being cancer-free would be a toughie. But hearing loss, among other things, is a side effect of a popular cancer drug.… MORE
Rallying downtown, transgender community fears losing civil rights gains
Members of the Twin Cities’ transgender community fear the Trump Administration is trying to deny their existence, and they’ll lose civil rights protections against discrimination.… MORE
District 87 CFO: Key economic growth indicator almost at standstill
District 87 administrators know the local economy is not growing very fast, but they were surprised to learn that one of the barometers of economic activity isn’t moving at all.… 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…