NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — Heartland Community College students will now have a pathway to get a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration thanks to a new partnership with Illinois State University. The two schools will come together Thursday morning to formally sign the agreement. The signing will take placed at Heartland’s Gregg Chadwick Community Board Room…… MORE
Students from the Bloomington Area Career Center’s (BACC) Construction Trades program got to participate in rebuilding the space which will soon be theirs.… MORE
In the company’s first quarter earnings report, Caterpillar, Inc. reported it lost more than $1 billion due to fewer sales.… MORE
Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation to restore programs in some schools where funding has run out and to expand them into more schools.… MORE
By BETH HUNDSDORFER AND JADE AUBREYCapitol News [email protected] CHATHAM — The driver of a vehicle involved in a deadly crash Monday at an after-school program formerly worked for the Illinois State Police, the agency investigating the crash. The ISP identified the driver as Marianne Akers, 44, of Chatham. She worked at the ISP from June…… MORE
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — A McLean County school district has updated its phone policy to keep students engaged in the classroom. While McLean County Unit School District 5’s current policy of allowing phone use within their buildings as long as it’s not used during class time is working, they wanted to find a way to…… MORE
Attorneys for a man accused of kiling two people last week in South Pekin did not contest prosecutors’ request to hold him pending trial.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council unanimously approved a Standardized Housing Incentive Program during its meeting on Monday.… MORE
State Police said the driver of the fatal crash at an after-school program Monday afternoon is a 44-year-old Chatham woman.… MORE
The City of Bloomington announced it will host a meeting for public input on a new bike path.… 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…