Category Archives: News
State Workers Voting On Contract
Voting is underway on a contract for state workers in the AFSCME. Union members began voting last night to ratify a contract agreement. The employees have been working under an expired contract for th...
Jun 18, 2019
Missing Woman Found Safe
A woman reported missing is safe. Authorities say 51-year-old Beatrice Field was found safe in Kentucky. Her car had been found abandoned Wednesday at the Limestone Rest Area near Pontiac. The car had...
Jun 17, 2019
High School Sophomores From Across State Pack Food Donations
Over 100 high school sophomores from across the state are responsible for packing around six-thousand dollars worth of food at a nonprofit in Normal. Officials at Midwest Food Bank credit the students...
Jun 17, 2019
McLean County Drug Bust
A Montana woman was arrested Friday on drug charges in McLean County after Illinois State Police say they found hundreds of pounds of cannabis in her car during a traffic stop. Police say they found 1...
Jun 17, 2019
Washington Kicks Off Bicentennial Celebration
The bicentennial celebration in Washington, Illinois is underway. Festivities kicked off with a block party Saturday night. Organizers say events will be hosted annually until 2025, when the city reac...
Jun 17, 2019
Bates-Diop Holds Basketball Camp to Raise Funds for AED’s in Schools
NBA player Keita Bates-Diop returned to Normal this weekend to help spread awareness about the need for AED's in the twin cities. Bates-Diop says the defibrillators are key in saving lives which is wh...
Jun 17, 2019
Fatal Fire in Bellflower
A woman was found dead inside a Bellflower home early Sunday morning after a house fire in the 400 block of First Street . An on duty police officer witnessed the blaze shortly after 5 am and immediat...
Jun 17, 2019
Illinois AFSCME Contract Includes Nearly 12 Percent Raise
State workers in Illinois are about to get a huge raise. Details about the state's latest contract with AFSCME, it's biggest public employee union, are leaking out. WCIA TV in Champaign is reporting t...
Jun 14, 2019
More Oddities at the Christensen Murder Trial: Defense Requests a Mistrial
If you thought day one of the Brent Christensen trail was strange with an admission of guilt, how about day two? Christensen, the man accused of kidnapping and killing Chinese U of I Scholar Yingying ...
Jun 13, 2019 Photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill.
Bloomington Has a Road Work Website
There's a new website from the City of Bloomington to let you know what's going on with street work and how it's being paid for. The city says people can log on to BloomingtonStreets.com to see update...
Jun 13, 2019
