Bowles Street between Main Street and Normal Avenue will be closed Thursday and Friday.
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Report: BHS linked to solicitation and trading of nude photos on web
Nude photographs, supposedly of former students at Bloomington High School, are featured on image boards of a website in which anonymous users can solicit and trade photos.… MORE
Murder victim Pamela Zimmerman feared ex-husband would become “ballistic”
A client of murdered Bloomington financial planner Pamela Zimmerman testified during a pre-trial hearing that Mrs. Zimmerman thought her ex-husband Kirk would become “ballistic” if he found out she was about to be engaged.… MORE
Lower bond denied for Bloomington woman awaiting sentencing for murder
A Woodford County judge has refused to reduce bond for a Bloomington woman who pleaded guilty to a murder charge this week.… MORE
Judge rejects Zimmerman search warrant objections
A McLean County judge has struck down a defense request to challenge more than a dozen search warrants that police used in the investigation of Kirk Zimmerman, who faces first-degree murder charges in the 2014 death of his ex-wife Pamela Zimmerman.… MORE
LaHood considers Trump allegations serious; not ready for independent probe
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, said it’s too early to call for independent investigator to probe allegations that President Trump tried to get FBI Director James Comey to end his investigation of fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.… MORE
Sports On Air
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Original Pancake House to open on former restaurant site
By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – Bloomington-Normal will soon have another restaurant option for breakfast, and it will be located at the site of the former Wild Berries restaurant. The Original Pancake House will take up half the building which will soon be under construction at 115 S. Veterans Parkway in Normal. Co-owner Brian Landstrom tells…… MORE
Illinois Senate’s ‘grand bargain’ bills to be separated
The state Senate’s so-called grand bargain of interconnected bills unveiled earlier this year as a way to end the long-standing budget impasse is set to now be separated, not interconnected.… MORE
Obituaries: Wollenberg
Obituary for David Wollenberg… 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…