The Normal Town Council will consider a $2.5 million contract Monday night with River City Construction for work on the south side of the tracks at Uptown Station.… MORE
Reilly receives ISU’s Superintendent of the Year Award
District 87 Superintendent Barry Reilly recently took home a prestigious award from the Illinois State University Educational Administration and Foundations Department.… MORE
Chiefs explode for season-high 9 runs to even series
The Peoria Chiefs offense broke out with a season high in both runs and hits on Sunday as they beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 9-2 to even the series and finish the road trip. … MORE
Rock the Block in Normal to honor volunteers
United Way of McLean County is marking National Volunteer Month by setting aside one day to honor those who give their time for the greater good.… MORE
Obituaries: Thompson
Anita Mae Thompson, 85 of Bloomington; formerly of Fairbury passed away at 2:05 pm, Friday, April 15, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.… MORE
Evansville downs Redbird Softball
Evansville hit four home runs and scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning en route a 7-4 victory over the Illinois State softball team Sunday at Marian Kneer Stadium. … MORE
Redbirds fall to Sycamores in Sunday tilt
The Illinois State baseball team gave up the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning and dropped the rubber game in its three-game series at Indiana State, 3-2, Sunday at Bob Warn Field.… MORE
Unit 5 not expecting more state transportation funding
Unit 5 seems to have found a way to plug its current transportation fund deficit, but the problem that created the gap in the first place doesn’t seem to be going away.… MORE
There’s help for homeless youth in McLean County
There are numerous species of animals in the world that are close to going extinct.… MORE
Parenting a transgender child
When their child Ryland was 5 years old, Hillary and Jeff Whittington wrote their friends and family a letter. The letter was to inform their loved ones that Ryland, born biologically female, would be transitioning gender. Around three years of age Ryland began to insist on being called a boy. “At first we thought it…… 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…