A ring-tailed lemur found in a Bloomington garage a year ago now has a new home. … MORE
A ring-tailed lemur found in a Bloomington garage a year ago now has a new home. … MORE
A deal brokered between the State of Illinois and Rivian Automotive in Normal does not involve local taxpayers’ dollars. … MORE
A NASCAR racing legend made a pit stop in McLean County Tuesday morning as part of the 28th annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. … MORE
Heartland Community College’s spring commencement ceremony is at Grossinger Motor’s Arena on May 17.… MORE
By WMBD-TV MCLEAN COUNTY – May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the McLean County Health Department is offering a mental health first aid course. The class aims to teach everyday people how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use. “With mental health first aid, you’re given the tools,…… MORE
Once again, Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly are calling ‘shenanigans.”… MORE
A Bloomington-based nonprofit remains open despite missing millions of dollars in federal funding. … MORE
By WMBD-TV MCLEAN COUNTY – A vehicle from an Illinois Army National Guard convoy overturned on Interstate 55 on Thursday, resulting in minor injuries to the occupants. Just before 12:30 p.m., troopers with the Illinois State Police responded to the crash, which was near mile marker 192 in northern McLean County. A vehicle was headed…… MORE
Desmond Sterling was sentenced to 75 years in prison on Thursday.… MORE
Seeing her dead daughter on a metal table was not the worst thing that’s happened to Elizabeth French.… 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…