By WMBD-TV NORMAL – Normal residents now have the chance to help document changing landscapes throughout the town thanks to some recently installed photo stations. The town’s parks and recreation team are partnering with Chronolog, which captures time lapses of sites over time. The process works by having the community put their phones in the station’s…… MORE
By WMBD-TV HUDSON – The Illinois State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash that sent two to the hospital on Saturday. According to the ISP, the crash occurred on Interstate 39 near Hudson at about 8:53 a.m. A car was following a semi-truck. When the truck slowed down due to traffic, the car struck the…… MORE
The jury that will determine the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is nearly complete after three slow days of jury selection this week. … MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – Fresh off its first loss of the season, the Purple Raiders of Bloomington came out hungry in Week 7 to get back into the win column over Peoria Notre Dame. Bloomington throughout the season has been a team that sets the tone early in ballgames, but Peoria Notre Dame senior…… MORE
Planted area is estimated at 10.8 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 10.65 million acres, is down 4 percent from 2023.… MORE
A top Illinois Republican wants to make it more difficult for non-citizens – intentionally or not – to register to vote.… MORE
By WMBD-TV CENTRAL ILLINOIS – October has been off to a warm start but that may not stop our first frost from reaching Central Illinois early next week. A cold front will work it’s way through the region from Friday night through Saturday night. As the front pushes through, a few showers and storms will…… MORE
Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproductive health care. … MORE
A celebration of the Biden’s administration’s designation of the Springfield race riot site as a national monument had a local lawmaker paraphrasing Charles Dickens.… MORE
Capitol News Illinois is suing Sangamon County and Sangamon County Central Dispatch system after a denial of a Freedom of Information Act request related to a multi-county chase that resulted in the death of a Kansas man last month.… 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…