Uptown Normal streets to close Saturday for Special Olympics Dance

Posted on June 9, 2017

NORMAL – Uptown Normal is hosting the Special Olympics Dance on Saturday, June 10. The following streets will be closed at 4 p.m. and reopened at approximately 9:30 p.m.: • North Street from Fell Avenue to Uptown Circle. • Constitution Boulevard from Mulberry Street to Uptown Circle. • Broadway Avenue at the intersection of Broadway Avenue…… MORE

Cypress St. closed for pavement replacement

Posted on June 9, 2017

NORMAL – Cypress Street from Linden Street to Constitutional Trail was closed earlier and will remain closed until June 16, 2017, weather permitting.  This road closure is for concrete pavement replacement due to water service repair.  Local traffic access will be maintained.… MORE

Saybrook Road to close

Posted on June 9, 2017

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that County Highway 5, approximately 10 miles east of Bloomington, will be closed to through traffic to replace a bridge carrying Saybrook Road (McLean County Highway 5) beginning June 16 through Aug. 15. … MORE

Illinois State volleyball releases 2017 schedule

Posted on June 9, 2017

Illinois State has announced its 2017 volleyball schedule, which includes four nonconference tournaments on consecutive weekends to start the season, including one hosted at Redbird Arena, before a full slate of Missouri Valley Conference matches that will culminate with the MVC Tournament, which will be hosted at Redbird Arena for the first time since 2006.
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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…