By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Orlando Ave. between Main St. and Northbrook Dr. will be closed to through traffic beginning at 7:00 a.m., Monday, September 18, 2017 and remain closed until approximately Friday, October 13, 2017 for pavement removal and replacement. During Phase I of this project, beginning Monday, September 18, 2017, Orlando Ave. will…… MORE
A congested intersection in Bloomington could be getting improvements soon. But before anything’s done, city leaders want your feedback.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Transportation has annoucned work will begin Wednesday on roadway improvements on Illinois Route 9 from east of Towanda Avenue to east of Illinois Route 165.… MORE
Expect delays as resurfacing work continues on Washington Street from Mercer Avenue to Veterans Parkway.… MORE
State and local police are stepping up patrols for the Labor Day weekend focusing on drunk drivers.… MORE
Effective immediately, Olive Street between East and Gridley streets will be closed to through traffic for street repairs. … MORE
Bloomington has identified 27 road projects that it will like to get done in the next two decades, provided there’s money to pay for them.… MORE
Hillcrest Street between Virginia Avenue and Highland Avenue will be closed for sewer repairs starting at 7 a.m. Monday, weather permitting, and will remain closed until repairs are completed. … MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, E. Chestnut St., between Center and East, will be closed to all traffic due to manhole repairs. Chestnut Street will be reopened as soon as work is completed (approximately by Friday, September 1, 2017). DRIVERS WILL HAVE TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES.… MORE
Effective immediately the intersection of Mason and Olive streets will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… 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…