A resolution declaring Unit 5 schools as a welcoming district, particularly for immigrant families, is ready for school board consideration.… MORE
Zimmerman jury allowed to hear circumstantial evidence
McLean County prosecutors will be able present to a jury circumstantial evidence about accused killer Kirk Zimmerman’s shrinking finances, and how he may have traveled to Indiana to buy a gun used to kill his ex-wife in Bloomington almost three years ago.… MORE
Bloomington City Council to appoint interim city manager
Bloomington aldermen are expected to announce their choice for an interim city manager later this week, and it will likely be the top assistant to departing city manager David Hales. … MORE
Spack: Ready for some ‘ugly’ football?
It apparently takes a lot to impress Brock Spack.… MORE
LaHood: No appetite for reducing retirement incentives
By Eric Stock WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood called it the ‘dumbest thing he’s ever heard,’ a plan that would have sharply reduced tax incentives in 401(k) retirement savings. PODCAST: Listen to Scott’s interview with LaHood on WJBC. “This is a program that has worked,” LaHood said. “It has incentivized people to save,…… MORE
WJBC Voices: Time for change
Did the Council listen and feel her passion? I doubt it. I have attended many Council meetings and rarely do the council members pay attention to the speakers during the public comment portion of the meeting, let alone even acknowledge their presence. But this time I sincerely hope the voice of this speaker will resonate with the Council because while she was a single voice in the room, she spoke what many of us are thinking.
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Gridley Street in Bloomington to close
Effective immediately, Gridley Street between Mission Drive and Wood Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
Illinois State picked 4th, 7th in Valley hoops; Fayne named All-MVC
Defending regular season Missouri Valley Conference champion Illinois State has been picked to finish fourth in the MVC Preseason Basketball Poll while the Redbird women are picked for seventh in the Valley, the conference announced on Tuesday morning.… MORE
Longtime IHSA administrator Fry dies
David Fry, the man who led the Illinois high school basketball finals move to Peoria and was the longest-serving administrator in the Illinois High School Association’s history has died.… MORE
Rauner discusses public safety bills in visit to Pontiac
Hours after announcing his re-election bid, Gov. Bruce Rauner stopped in Pontiac on Monday to advocate for public safety with State Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) and a couple of local public safety officials.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…