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Watch now: Garden festival brings families, artists to stop and smell the flowers
BLOOMINGTON — Eleven-year-old Julianne Landstrom's favorite flowers were the geraniums. Abigail Joujoute, 5, really loved the pink flowers. And 3-year-old Rayan Abdeljaber was excited about his tiny tree. Hundreds of garden enthusiasts and history lovers on Saturday visited the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington to view the beautiful historic garden... Read more
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Crisis counselors should aid police/fire in certain situations, Bloomington alderman says
BLOOMINGTON (HOI) - A Bloomington council member is proposing legislation that would send a crisis counselor with police or firefighters in certain situations. Ward one representative Jamie Mathy said prior to Monday night's meeting, that as society becomes more aware of mental health deterioration, it's important to provide funding for crisis counseling. Read more
sure and they will try to tell them how to stop the bad guy and they will create bigger safety issues.
There are people out there with substance abuse/mental health issues so severe that there is nobody on the face of the earth that will help. They can't because the subject's mind is closed off to reality. Those people are the ones LEOs, FFs, and medics come in contact with more often than not. I'd agree that it would be nice to have these people on standby, ready to go within minutes as opposed to hours, but they don't need to be going through the door at the same time as police and fire do.
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Federal COVID funds suggested to speed up Bloomington’s flood control efforts
BLOOMINGTON – Some Bloomington aldermen are recommending using some of the millions of dollars the city is receiving in federal COVID-19 aid to upgrade aging sewer systems that made flooding even worse following historically heavy rainfall last month. The city council discussed the flooding at a committee-of-the-whole meeting Monday night,... Read more
So how is this covid relief? How about helping people with their mortgages since they actually had to pay their bills or be homeless unlike the renters who couldn't be evicted?
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Smaller McLean County Communities Wait For $2.3M In COVID Relief Funds
McLean County cities and towns outside of Bloomington-Normal are waiting on millions of dollars in the last round of COVID relief funding. Lexington Mayor Spencer Johansen chairs the McLean County Mayors Association. Speaking on WGLT's Sound Ideas, Johansen said Lexington is due to get $250,300, but the Pritzker administration hasn't said when smaller communities will get the money. Read more