Home Sweet Home Ministries reached a new record for donations during the organization’s May Community Challenge.… MORE
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Parts of I-55 to be named in memory of fallen officers
Parts of Interstate 55 may be getting new names.… MORE
Irving Street in Normal to close
Weather permitting, starting Monday Irving Street will be closed to all traffic between Fell Avenue and the alley west of Fell Avenue.… MORE
Overnight shooting leaves two dead, two injured in Bloomington
Bloomington Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left two people dead and two others injured.… MORE
Court rules Archbishop Sheen’s remains can be moved to Peoria
A New York court ruling may lead to a new resting place in Central Illinois for El Paso native, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen.… MORE
Bulk waste piles up in Bloomington as city reduces service
Change is hard, and that’s apparently been the case in Bloomington where hundreds of residents continue to pile up bulk waste even though the city has stopped offering free pick-up every other week.… MORE
Measure would include administrative salaries in State Report Card
Illinois’ State Report Card can tell parents all sorts of things about students, from reading proficiency and math scores to how many are chronically absent.… MORE
Mexico fights back by adding tariffs on pork and other products
Mexico is fighting back on aluminum and steel tariffs by slapping its own tariffs on U.S. pork and other products, which could affect Illinois agriculture.… MORE
New pension buyout plans passed for the coming fiscal year
Illinois state pensioners looking to get more control of their retirement will soon have that option with several pension buyout plans passed by the legislature and enacted by the governor for the coming fiscal year.… MORE
City manager hopefuls see TIF as one of many economic development tools
The three finalists hoping to become Bloomington’s next city manager said tax increment financing is only one of the available tools to generate economic development.… 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…