By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois legislature is partway through its big goal of the 2023 lame duck session: ban the sale of assault weapons. The bill which passed the House in a post-midnight vote actually only bans the sale of new assault weapons and grandfathers in everyone else. House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside)…… MORE
By Neil Doyle LEXINGTON – Authorities in Lexington are working with the McLean County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police to solve seven burglaries to three different businesses that have happened since mid-November. According to a Facebook post, Lexington Police say they have several persons of interest and are working to develop a suspect(s). The…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Whether the Illinois House and Senate can pass an assault weapons ban – or any other kind of gun control measure – during these few remaining lame duck days, members of both parties agree: the killing has to stop. The latest proposal is borne of the Highland Park July 4…… MORE
By 25 News NORMAL – Rivian Automotive fell short of its goal of producing 25,000 electric vehicles at its plant in Normal during 2022, but the pace of production picked up and the company made more deliveries in the fourth quarter compared to the previous three months. Rivian was 663 vehicles short of achieving its goal,…… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – A man arrested early Sunday by Bloomington Police was wanted for a gang-related shooting in January of last year just north of the downtown area. A warrant was issued for Ronald Thornton’s arrest last February. Gunfire in the 600 block of North Main Street wounded a man who was a…… MORE
Gov. Pritzker is comfortable that the Illinois Supreme court will uphold the no-cash bail portion of the Safe-T Act.… MORE
Heartland Community College is naming a new Dean of Adult Education.… MORE
People in Tazewell County now have the option of sending a text message to 9-1-1.… MORE
A 28-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing four charges of first-degree murder after being accused of killing four University of Idaho students.… MORE
You can now call her Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski. The Democrat is Springfield’s newest member of Congress.… 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…