Elected leaders in the Twin-Cities agree it will be necessary to find private investors to help finance a multi-sports complex here, but one of the leaders said planners will have to talk about higher taxes too.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
District 87 blasted for ‘indoctrinating’ kids on gun control, board fills Tiritilli’s old job
A conservative government watchdog told District 87 school board members Wednesday they fired the wrong person.… MORE
Unit 5 purchases buses, continues Indigenous People’s Day conversation
Unit 5 is increasing the number of buses in the school district’s fleet.… MORE
Rotarians continue beautifying Bloomington’s west entrance
The second phase of the Sunset Rotary Club’s initiative to beautify the entrance to Bloomington’s west side is underway.… MORE
Political analyst says not surprised Ryan stepping down
A political analyst says he’s not surprised that House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced he won’t run for another term in Congress.… MORE
Dispute between youths leads to shooting in Farmer City
A teenager is in custody and another is in a hospital after a dispute resulted in one youth shooting the other Wednesday afternoon in Farmer City.… MORE
Cornille named Heartland president
Heartland Community College has named a man with more than three decades of experience in higher education as its new president.… MORE
McLean and IDNR host meeting about tame deer
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is still working to find a solution to help the half-grown doe that stole the heart of McLean residents.… MORE
Bloomington PD: Crime down, but homicides, sexual assaults increase
Bloomington Police say crime reports dropped to a 20-year-low in 2017, though there were three homicides last year after there were none in 2016.… MORE
High school students speak at gun violence vigil in Bloomington
Local high schoolers spoke in opposition of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Veto of the Gun Dealers Licensing Act at the Stand Up for Social Justice vigil outside the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.… 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…