The McLean County Museum of History honored the community’s history makers for the seventh year Thursday night, and the latest honorees included a local broadcasting legend and a former Twin-Cities mayor.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Economic Development Council announces gain of 500 jobs during first quarter
Despite the lack of a Farm Bill to promote job creation locally, Bloomington-Normal added 500 jobs in the first quarter this year.… MORE
Crowd gathers in Uptown Normal calling for families to remain united at the border
Protesters circled Uptown Normal this afternoon to call on legislative leaders to enact laws that keep illegal immigrant families together.… MORE
Easterseals opens Twin Cities autism learning center
Easterseals is continuing to expand its autism efforts.… MORE
Man wounded as gunfire erupts in north Normal
Normal Police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night that left one person wounded.… MORE
Anonymous tip leads to arrest of suspect named ‘Law’ in Orchard Road double murder
The shooting that left two people dead and wounded two others outside an Orchard Road apartment building earlier this month may have been gang related.… MORE
Social media will be Illinois’ first line of election hacking defense
New measures are being put in place to keep social media pages safe from hackers and prevent the spread of misinformation about polling places. … MORE
BPD’s Wheeler sees no link between Twin Cities multiple murders
Bloomington’s police chief is assuring the public his department is doing everything in its power to solve the multiple murders that have happened in the city over an eight day period this month. So far, authorities have found no connection to what the chief described as horrific and senseless crimes.… MORE
State Farm job cuts tied to previously planned IT restructuring
State Farm Insurance is reducing jobs as it carries out the restructuring of the Bloomington firm’s information technology department announced back in March.… MORE
Bloomington man arrested for alleged double homicide
A Bloomington man is charged with killing two people on the city’s east side.… 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…