By Eric Stock ELMHURST – No. 15-ranked Illinois Wesleyan took advantage of the wind at its back to score 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter for a 49-28 win over Elmhurst at Langhorst Field. Artie Checchin put IWU on top in the fourth period on a reverse handoff from Anfrenee Roberts to race 13…… MORE
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is disappointed and surprised that lawmakers have been unable to agree on a state budget. … MORE
McLean County Sheriff’s Deputies made a $5,000 donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois this past week.… MORE
Scholarships being provided by State Farm will be given to 10 Lincoln College students each year who are enrolled in the Accelerated Bridge to Education program. … MORE
One of three men who beat a homeless veteran to death in O’Neil Park in June 2014 has been sentenced to 42 years in prison.… MORE
Legislative leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner have been invited to meet in public to work out a solution to the budget stalemate.… MORE
It will take more than luck to get an automaker to come to Normal and take Mitsubishi’s place. It will take public incentives.… MORE
The Illinois State University Board of Trustees has passed a $422 million budget that includes an anticipated cut of 10 percent from the state.… MORE
The United Way of McLean County’s annual campaign has raised about $750,000 since kicking off in August.… MORE
Busey Bank has some advice for citizens after a warning from the Illinois Attorney General this week regarding credit card scammers.… 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…