Category Archives: News
Time-line of Wind Chills
Here's a look at Wind Chill temperature trends, every 3 hrs. from 6 pm Tuesday until noon on Thursday, for 5 select cities representing parts of central, eastern, and southeast Illinois. Values get co...
Jan 30, 2019
Extreme Winds Chills this Morning
Early morning conditions were reaching near the peak of a historic arctic outbreak. As of 6 AM, wind chill temperatures were -25 to -50 degrees across most of central Illinois. Actual air temperatures...
Jan 30, 2019
Pritzker Puts Emergency Preparedness Plan in Place Ahead of Cold
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker put an Emergency Preparedness Plan in place Monday ahead of record-breaking cold set to hit much of the state this week. "This is a potentially historic winter storm that w...
Jan 29, 2019
Warming Centers and Shelter Areas
Bloomington: Walmart, 2225 W. Market St. TA Truck Stop, 606 Truckers Lane Denny's Restaurant, 701 Eldorado St Steak-n-Shake, 1802 S. Veterans Pkwy Steak-n-Shake, 1001 Wylie Dr Connect Transit is tryin...
Jan 29, 2019
Chicago Sun-Times: FBI Secretly Recorded House Speaker Madigan
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the FBI secretly recorded Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan trying to get business for his private law firm from a developer brought to him by Ald. Danny S...
Jan 29, 2019
Dangerous Cold Expected to Close Out the Month
An intense Arctic air mass, the likes of which aren't seen too often around here, will impact central Illinois through Thursday. During this time, wind chills will exceed 40 below zero in some areas n...
Jan 29, 2019
Wind Chill Warning: Dangerously Cold Conditions Tonight Until Thursday
A stronger blast of Arctic air will arrive tonight, remaining across the area through Thursday. The map shows Tuesday night's wind chills between 40 and 50 below zero near I-74, and 25 below southward...
Jan 29, 2019
Description of Monday's Armed Robbery Suspect Similar to Those in Recent Twin Cities Robberies
Bloomington Police were called at 11:15 a.m. to Check Into Cash, 2303 East Washington St. Police said a black man who was 5 feet 8 inches tall and armed with a gun entered the store and demanded money...
Jan 29, 2019
Lawsuit Accuses Mike Madigan Of Election Fraud
The most powerful Democrat at the Illinois Capitol is being accused of election fraud. A candidate for alderman in Chicago, Davis Krupa, filed a lawsuit that accused House Speaker Mike Madigan and cur...
Jan 29, 2019
Central Illinois Nursing Home To Close, Blames Medicaid Costs
A central Illinois nursing home is closing its doors, it says, because the state of Illinois doesn't pay enough to care for the people who live there. Managers at LeRoy Manor say Illinois' low Medicai...
Jan 29, 2019
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