A senior at Normal West High School was critically injured in a crash west of Normal on Tuesday night.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Vintage pedal cars on display at McLean County Museum of History
Nearly 50 pedal cars dating back to 1927 are on display at The McLean County Museum of History.… MORE
Gettysburg Drive apartment fire ruled accidental
Bloomington fire investigators have determined the blaze that destroyed an apartment building on Gettysburg Drive last month was an accidental cooking fire.… MORE
Robber takes cash, dinner from Bloomington delivery driver
A chicken dinner didn’t make it to its delivery destination thanks to a robber according to Bloomington police.… MORE
Otter at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Miller Park Zoo’s pair of North American River Otters, “Tallulah” and “Ozzie,” are the parents of two male pups born at the facility last month.… MORE
State Farm cuts viewed as ‘minor setback’ for local housing market
The sky isn’t falling for the local housing market, according to the president of the Bloomington-Normal Association of Realtors, even as State Farm plans to cut nearly 900 information technology jobs in Bloomington.… MORE
Biss visits ISU College Democrats
Democratic candidate for Illinois governor Daniel Biss visited the Illinois State University campus Tuesday afternoon.… MORE
Bloomington police chief nominated for US Marshal
Bloomington Police Chief Brendan Heffner is President Trump’s choice to become U.S. Marshal for Central Illinois.… MORE
State Farm cuts nearly 900 IT jobs in Bloomington; some to be relocated
State Farm Insurance has notified its employees that 890 information technology jobs are being cut in Bloomington as part an ongoing restructuring of its IT department.… MORE
Oakland Avenue at Gridley Street to close
Effective Wednesday at 7 a.m., the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Gridley Street will be closed to all traffic due to sewer repair work.… 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…