Police in Bloomington are investigating gunshots heard Sunday evening in the 1900 block of Tracy Drive.… MORE
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County Clerk Michael to appear before ethics panel Monday
The McLean County Ethics Commission, created eight-years ago, will consider the first complaint ever filed with the panel, and it deals with alleged ethics violations against the county clerk.… MORE
Illinois State University Police ask for the public’s help
Illinois State University Police are asking for help to identify a man and a woman who used some cards that didn’t belong to them for a shopping trip.… MORE
McLean Co. coroner identifies second victim of Hudson crash
The McLean County Coroner’s office has released the name of another person killed early morning on the 19th when two semi-trailer trucks crashed and caught fire early on Interstate 39 near Hudson.… MORE
Early voting for November election begins
Election day is still five weeks away, but voters can head to the polls today. Early voting in Illinois started Thursday.… MORE
Children’s car seats checked on Saturday through statewide program
Four out of five children’s car seats are not installed properly. … MORE
Local school districts try to overcome revenue shortfalls, Unit 5 mulls 2020 tax referendum
McLean County’s two largest school districts are running education fund deficits in budgets adopted by their respective school board’s Wednesday night.… MORE
GOP County Clerk attacks ‘radical, socialist agenda’ of Democratic rival
The Republican seeking a third term as McLean County Clerk is calling on supporters to stand up against what she described as a “radical, socialist agenda” that is trying to smear her and take over the county.… MORE
Pritzker visits ISU to discuss higher education plans
One Governor candidate is hoping to improve college grants and keep students in Illinois.… MORE
District 87 seeks to transfer money to cover $2 million ed fund deficit
Faced with flat property tax revenues, the District 87 School Board Wednesday night will be asked to adopt a budget for the next fiscal year that has a structural deficit of almost two million dollars in the education fund.… 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…