The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water main repair on Alexander Road and Beta Street.… MORE
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UPDATE: Unit 5 school bus overturns, injuring three kids and driver
A Unit 5 school bus turned on its side, injuring three students and the driver, after the bus collided with a car on a fog-shrouded roadway near Evans Junior High, southeast of Bloomington.… MORE
District 87 approves BHS renovation bid despite higher cost
District 87 will be reaching deeper into its wallet than initially expected to renovate the Orchestra and Choir room at Bloomington High School.… MORE
School bus overturns after colliding with car, minor injuries reported
State police say a school bus and a car collided on U.S. 150 just southeast of Evans Junior High School southeast of Bloomington.… MORE
Bloomington Police: ‘Main supplier’ to area cocaine dealers arrested
Bloomington Police say they’ve arrested a man who they call a main supplier to cocaine dealers in the area.… MORE
Rep. Davis: Gas tax not a long-term solution for infrastructure plan
Only a small fraction of the funding included in President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan actually comes from the federal government.… MORE
Renner: Welcoming ordinance needs public resolution
Bloomington mayor Tari Renner said he was following the guidance of the Illinois Municipal League when he questioned the legality of an email sent by five aldermen asking the so-called welcoming ordinance be pulled.… MORE
Union rep: City workers helped their own cause in defeating privatization plan for garbage pick-up
Union workers who pick up the garbage in the city of Bloomington were relieved by the city council’s vote against exploring privatization of solid waste pick-up.… MORE
Rally focuses on protecting local Dreamers
Local activists gathered in Bloomington Tuesday in support of protecting those locally associated with DACA.… MORE
Bloomington rejects Towanda Barnes improvements in 5-4 vote
Bloomington alderman aren’t ready to pour $450,000 into a road project that McLean County officials say is one of its most dangerous intersections.… 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…