Gridley Street in Bloomington and Washington Street west of Bloomington will close for repairs.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Miller Street closed for sewer repairs
Effective immediately, Miller Street between Western Avenue and Livingston Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
West Beaufort Street in Normal to close
Eastbound W. Beaufort Street between Broadway Avenue and Uptown Circle will be closed for concrete pavement repairs beginning at 6 a.m. Monday.… MORE
Resurfacing to begin on Fell Avenue
Resurfacing work will begin Tuesday (weather permitting) and continue through Friday along Fell Avenue from both Cherry Street to Willow Street and Vernon Avenue to Irving Street.… MORE
Vernon Ave. to close for water work
Vernon Avenue will be closed from Linden Street to Broadway from Monday, July 23 to Monday, July 30, 2018. … MORE
Locust St. closing for emergency water repair
Locust Street between Eugene Street and Colton Avenue will be closed Thursday. … MORE
Willow Street in Normal to close for pavement work
Beginning Monday there will be a lane reduction on Willow Street at Normal Avenue.… MORE
Grove St. to close for sewer repairs
Grove Street between McLean and Evans and Grove Street between Clayton and Clinton will be closed to through traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
Six Points Rd. to close for water main replacement
Six Points Road in Bloomington will be closed for water main repairs beginning Monday, July 9 through Wednesday, July 11. … MORE
Fell Ave. in Uptown Normal closing for 2 weeks
NORMAL – Weather permitting, Fell Avenue between North Street and Beaufort Street will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, July 2, 2018. The road closure is required for the installation of underground utilities at the Waterson Dining Facility at ISU and is expected to last approximately two weeks.… MORE
Blogs
WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud
At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.
WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise
On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.
WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress
One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.
WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers
By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…