Illinois State football coach Brock Spack will offer a preview of the Redbirds’ Missouri Valley Football Conference opener tonight when he joins WJBC’s Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz in the Schooners beer garden.… MORE
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Obituaries: Lowery
Obituary for Ruth Lowery… MORE
Hearing dates set for complaints against judges Drazewski, Foley
Hearing dates have been set for two McLean County judges accused of having an affair that influenced their judicial conduct.… MORE
Obituaries: Bell, Roberts, Schwartz, Wilson
Obituaries for Martin Bell, Carlene Roberts, Delores Schwartz, and Mary Wilson… MORE
Obituaries: Massey, Pickett, Vogel
Obituaries for Douglas Massey, Kathleen Pickett, and Shirley Vogel… MORE
Exclusive: Get dressed with Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is one of today’s most recognized style icons. CNN Style caught up with Kardashian to find out which style rules guide her new look.… MORE
See Beyonce, Ed Sheeran perform epic duet
Sheeran joined Beyonce during her set at the Global Citizen Festival to perform an acoustic version of “Drunk In Love.”… MORE
Exclusive: Assad adviser reacts to Obama, Putin speeches
CNN’s Hala Gorani talks with Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Russian military build-up in Syria… MORE
President Putin addresses terrorism at the U.N.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the United Nations General Assembly, pushing for a coalition to fight ISIS.… MORE
Does water on Mars mean there’s hope for life?
Potentially life-giving water still flows across the ancient surface of Mars from time to time, NASA scientists said Monday in revealing a potential breakthrough in both the search for life beyond Earth and human hopes to one day travel there.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…