Category Archives: News
Erickson Announces Plan to Reopen McLean County
McLean County Board Member Chuck Erickson has announced he will present a plan to reopen McLean County at Tuesday's board meeting. Erickson will seek to amend the original resolution he presented to c...
May 15, 2020
Number of Initial Claims Plateauing While Thousands of Applicants Access PUA Portal
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) today released new statewide data showing the department processed 72,671 new initial claims for regular unemployment benefits during the week end...
May 14, 2020
Gov. Pritzker Launches “Get Hired” Website to Connect Workers Impacted by COVID-19
Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and the Illinois Department of Employment Services (IDES) today launched Get Hired Illinois - a new portal des...
May 14, 2020
Judge Backs Pritzker On Churches' Challenge To Extended Order
A federal judge is backing Governor Pritzker in a challenge by two churches to his stay-at-home order. Judge Robert Gettleman ruled yesterday against a temporary restraining order on the policy reques...
May 14, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Man Dies After Being Struck by Train
Police and the McLean County coroner said a 60-year-old man died at West Front and South Allin streets in Bloomington after being struck by a train. The call came in as a request for medical assistanc...
May 14, 2020
Local Housing Sales Up
Some good news...More people are buying and selling houses in spring 2020 than they were a year ago, according to monthly data from the Bloomington-Normal Association of Realtors. Overall, some 707 ho...
May 14, 2020
Livingston Co. Man Facing Child Porn Charges
A Livingston County man has been arrested on federal child pornography charges. Dakota John Michael Flint, 21, of Campus is accused of transportation of child pornography. The investigation is ongoing...
May 14, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 5-14-20: Nine New Cases, 1 New Death
Today's McLean Co COVID-19 update includes nine additional cases. This brings our total COVID-19 cases to 136. One person has died bringing the total number of deaths to four.
May 14, 2020
Central Illinois Moving Forward With Separate Reopening Plan
Central Illinois is moving forward with a reopening plan separate from what is in place at the state level. The multi-phase Heart of Illinois plan includes opening bars and restaurants in only a few d...
May 14, 2020
Illinois Governor: Counties That Reopen 'May Be "Punished"'
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says counties that defy his order to stay closed could cost themselves federal money. The governor told reporters yesterday that his administration would 'consider' withh...
May 13, 2020
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