The city’s finance director will provide updates during the council’s second meeting of every month, according to Tim Gleason, Bloomington’s new city manager.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Farmer City police chief steps down
A new police chief will be taking the reigns in Farmer City in September.… MORE
Twin-Cities youth summit to convene Saturday following deadly violence
Community leaders concerned about a surge of deadly violence, mainly involving young people in the Twin-Cities, will gather on Saturday at the Miller Park Pavilion to figure out ways to solve the problem.… MORE
Local drunk driving crash survivor speaks at Illinois State Fair
Illinois traffic deaths are back up to more than a thousand a year.… MORE
Red Cross seeking nominations for annual Central Illinois Heroes Awards
Local heroes are not identified by capes, so the American Red Cross Serving Central Illinois wants you to point them out so they can be recognized.… MORE
Late night house fire in Cooksville
Cooksville Fire Chief Roger Clark said a man who lived alone in the house on the LeRoy-Lexington Blacktop said he heard the crack of thunder, smelled smoke, and saw a neighboring shed on fire.… MORE
Governor pledges to protect key Central Illinois water source
A 2016 natural gas leak that contaminated drinking water from the Mahomet Aquifer was the motivation for a new law signed by the governor to prevent future failures.… MORE
Prosecutor: BPD meth seizure one of McLean County’s largest
A Tazewell County man is jailed in Bloomington after what a local prosecutor said was one of McLean County’s largest ever seizures of the highly addictive stimulant known as crystal methamphetamines, or ice.… MORE
Morris withdraws from McLean County Board race
The Libertarian candidate for the District 7 seat on the McLean County Board has withdrawn from the ballot.… MORE
Davis aide arrested in connection with incident at Londrigan fundraiser
A belligerent and allegedly drunk aide to U.S. Rep Rodney Davis found himself in jail Thursday morning and out of a job by Thursday Afternoon.… 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…