By Howard Packowitz The mayoral race in Normal happened 18 months ago, but it was far from a distant memory as the town council approved a redevelopment agreement and the use of tax incentives to help finance an office building on the northeast portion of Uptown Circle. The agreement includes rebating up to…… MORE
The senior member of the Normal Town Council announced Monday he is not running for re-election.… MORE
The senior member of the Normal Town Council announced Monday he is not running for re-election.… MORE
A private attorney investigating an ethics complaint against McLean County Clerk candidate and City of Bloomington employee Nikita Richards has found no evidence of wrongdoing, according to a statement released by the city.… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – State Farm has hired a local contractor to remove the exterior signage from its downtown Bloomington location. The insurer’s building at 112 East Washington Street will have exterior signage taken down by contractor P.J. Hoerr Inc. “While we continue to actively search for a buyer, we wanted to save some…… MORE
Cafe Italia in Bloomington has decided to close its doors starting Wednesday afternoon.… MORE
All Bloomington businesses will be required to register with the city and make a one-time payment of $50 after city alderman approved the ordinance Monday night.… MORE
All Bloomington businesses would have to register with the city and pay a one-time only $50 registration fee if city alderman approve an ordinance Monday night.… MORE
A house fire in the Woodford County community of Secor, between Eureka and
El Paso, sent a total of nine people to local hospitals.… MORE
The Farmers Market in Downtown Bloomington is coming to the aid of one of its vendors who lost everything in a house fire last month in rural Bloomington.… 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…