Making kids feel loved and celebrated is the goal of a program receiving a one thousand dollar grant from Youth Engaged in Philanthropy.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Unit 5 bus crash caused by negligent driver
Four people were hospitalized after a car collided with a Unit 5 school bus carrying 46 kids on US route 150 and Abraham Road Wednesday near Evans Junior High.… MORE
Family Care Center fills Livingston County healthcare gaps
The Livingston Family Care Center is continuing its mission to help uninsured adults in the county.… MORE
Normal council to consider feasibility study for multi-sports complex
Discussions about a possible athletic complex are about to intensify as the Normal Town Council will soon decide whether to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a feasibility study.… MORE
Three vehicle wreck in Normal injures two people
Two people were hurt as two sport utility vehicles and a car collided at a busy intersection in northeast Normal.… MORE
Murder victim’s mom seeks closure in murder case against son-in-law
The mother of Bloomington murder victim Nicole Elbert wants to know everything about the criminal proceedings against her daughter’s husband.… MORE
Rivian edges closer to electric car production
The Normal Town Council’s Monday agenda includes the abatement of about 107 thousand dollars in property taxes for Rivian Automotive.… MORE
ISU Board of Trustees approves renovations, contract renewals
Future renovations and contract renewals were the focal points of the Illinois State University Board of Trustees meeting this morning, although concerns were raised about cost shifting based on Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget.… MORE
Early voting to begin Tuesday after court settles AG ballot
Local election officials say early voting can begin next week.… MORE
Car dealer and local Red Cross team up for CPR, AED training
As a result of an employee going into cardiac arrest several months ago, a Bloomington car dealership is training its staff how to perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator, or AED. … 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…