Parents of a Fox Creek Elementary School student believe dangerous farm chemicals from adjacent farmland are being sprayed near the kids, and that school administrators have failed to address the problem.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Bloomington Kiwanis raises funds to send local kids to camp
The Bloomington Kiwanis Club is holding its 9th annual Mother’s Day Flower sale.… MORE
Local Scout heads HSCI exterior beautification project
A local teen is spearheading a project to beautify the exterior of the Humane Society of Central Illinois.… MORE
Spring storms delayed in Central Illinois
If there’s a good thing about record snow in April, it’s that severe weather has been almost non-existent in Central Illinois this year – or just delayed.… MORE
Donors pledge $81,500 for Home Sweet Home’s May Community Challenge
Home Sweet Home Ministries’ donors pledged $81,500 for its May Community Challenge.… MORE
Illinois Special Olympics Spring Games move to East Peoria
The Illinois Special Olympics Spring Games have a new location.… MORE
17-year-old charged with murder as an adult in connection with Normal shootings
A youth from Normal is being charged as an adult with murder in connection with the fatal shootings in an E. College Ave. apartment on Wednesday night. … MORE
Front Street between Main Street and Madison Street to close
Beginning 6 a.m. Monday, April 30, west bound Front Street from Main Street to Madison Street will be closed to through traffic for five days for sewer work.… MORE
Workers unite to memorialize people killed on-duty
More than 200 names of area workers who have been killed on the job since 1850 were read at White Oak Park Friday morning for the annual Workers’ Memorial Day.… MORE
Survivor tells other rape victims to fight back and win
A local sexual assault survivor is telling women in similar situations to fight back.… 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…