Category Archives: News
Proposed Shopping Center at Former GE Plant
A buyer wants to develop the site of the former General Electric plant in east Bloomington into a shopping center, but the deal is contingent on receiving city incentives. Christopher Zoellner of Balk...
Syndicated Author Feb 01, 2017
CAT to Move Global HQ to Chicago
Caterpillar Inc. has scrapped plans to build a new office complex in Downtown Peoria and will move its global headquarters to the Chicago area by the end of the year. PJStar.cm reports the upper echel...
Syndicated Author Jan 31, 2017
Gray Charged with Attempted Murder
It's three million dollars bond for the man accused of stabbing two people in Bloomington over the weekend. McLean County prosecutors filed attempted murder charges yesterday against Levi Gray. Bloomi...
Syndicated Author Jan 31, 2017
Navy SEAL Killed In Action is from Illinois
Condolences and remembrances are pouring in for a Peoria sailor killed in action in the war on terror. The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that Peoria native and Illinois Valley Central graduate William ...
Syndicated Author Jan 31, 2017
Rauner Requests Pay for State Workers
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is asking the woman who pays the state's bills to fight an effort to stop state worker paychecks. The governor sent a letter to Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza yeste...
Syndicated Author Jan 31, 2017
Governor Rauner Mum On Trump Order
Illinois' governor is trying to walk a delicate line on President Trump's immigration order. Governor Rauner's office released a statement yesterday explaining that the governor supports full ve...
Syndicated Author Jan 29, 2017
Durbin Critical of Trump's Travel Ban
Senator Dick Durban says there are some things wrong with President Trump's executive order on a travel ban from certain Muslim-majority countries. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Durban said he's happ...
Syndicated Author Jan 29, 2017
Springfield Still Mulling Tax Hikes
Time is growing shorter and Springfield's mayor and aldermen are not in agreement yet on whether tax hikes are needed to close a budget shortfall. Mayor Jim Langfelder told a breakfast crowd thi...
Syndicated Author Jan 28, 2017
Rauner Calls Madigan's Budget Move "Political"
Governor Bruce Rauner is blasting the legal move by Attorney General Lisa Madigan to block state workers' pay over the lack of a budget. Rauner said Madigan had political motives for asking a ju...
Syndicated Author Jan 28, 2017
Attorney Says Torture Video Suspects Misjudged
The Cook County public defender is asking the public not to be quick to judge the four young black people indicted for attacking and torturing a mentally disabled white man on a live Facebook video. &...
Syndicated Author Jan 28, 2017
