Central Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood says President Trump’s economic and national security policies are working, although he acknowledged the nation’s chief executive is not a good role model for kids.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Signals to be activated Wednesday at Ireland Grove and Streid
Traffic engineers in Bloomington hope a southwest-side intersection is safer with new stoplights being switched on Wednesday.… MORE
Fate of Bloomington Election Commission on hold
A McLean County judge has until this Friday to rule whether or not McLean County voters will decide the fate of the Bloomington Election Commission on this November’s ballot.… MORE
Aldermen mull offering insurance to cover residential water and sewer system breakdowns
In a community that revolves around the insurance industry, the Bloomington City Council has directed its staff to continue developing a plan in which residents would have the option of buying insurance to cover potentially exorbitant costs of water and sewer failures on their property.… MORE
Council OK’s on-site packaged alcohol consumption at food stores
Bloomington aldermen have unanimously adopted a new type of liquor license that allows buyers of packaged beer and wine to open the packages and drink at the stores where they made the purchases.… MORE
Bock announces retirement as Country CEO
The chief executive officer of Country Financial has announced his retirement.… MORE
Project Oz founder to retire as CEO
The executive director of youth services organization Project Oz is retiring, 45 years after founding the non-profit.… MORE
Green Top Grocery’s wish for new liquor license class returns for council action
Changes have been made to a proposed ordinance in Bloomington that would create a new liquor license classification allowing consumers to drink from packaged beer and wine at the place where they buy the alcohol.… MORE
Unit 5 substitute teacher: Raises for subs long overdue
A Unit 5 substitute teacher believes she and the district’s other subs deserve a pay raise that they have not received in almost two decades.… MORE
Pontiac residents asking for a memorial water fountain to replace former swimming pool
The memory of the Camp-Humiston Swimming Pool may be just that, a memory.… 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…