By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD– Part of the frustration – his word is “passion” – Brock Long feels as a freshly departed administrator of FEMA is a lack of financial education, including among community leaders. “If you are a citizen, you get money from FEMA because you are uninsured. What if Congress started providing incentives…… MORE
The City of Bloomington would pay a retired firefighter almost $129,000 to resolve a workers’ compensation claim, if the city council approves the settlement Monday night.… MORE
The sounds of gunfire rattled a neighborhood near Chiddix Junior High in Normal late Wednesday night.… MORE
A female student at Illinois State University claims another student sexual assaulted her in his dorm room, according to a Wednesday evening crime advisory sent out by the school’s police department.… MORE
Police are looking for a woman who used a stolen credit card at several retail locations in Bloomington.… MORE
A house fire in Bloomington Township Tuesday morning caused heavy smoke damage to the second floor.… MORE
A child was badly hurt when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car Monday evening on Bloomington’s west side.… MORE
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who used a stolen credit card.… MORE
Bloomington’s new police chief is no stranger to the department, and that stood out to City Manager Tim Gleason.… MORE
Sheriff’s police in Lake County, Calif. are releasing more information about a Tazewell County man’s murder.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…