Chenoa – Phyllis M. Allan, 82 of Chenoa, died at 3:43 am, Thursday, April 4, 2019 at her son’s residence in Chenoa surrounded by her family. Cremation rites have been accorded. There will be a memorial service at 7 pm, Friday, April 12, 2019 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa with a private family graveside inurnment…… MORE
Fairbury – Linda L. Jones, 71, of Fairbury, passed away at 10:35am, April 6, 2019 at her residence. Her funeral will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Lexington Community Church. Pastor Kendall Coffman will be officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8:00pm, Wednesday, April 10,…… MORE
Luci G. (Kaeb) Slagel, 53, Forrest, passed away at 3:20 am Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Luci was born August 6, 1965 in Watseka, IL the daughter of Norman and Kathryn (Young) Kaeb. She married Paul Slagel on November 12, 1988 in Cissna Park. He survives in Forrest. Other survivors…… MORE
Phyllis Corban, 86 of Chatsworth, died on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa.… MORE
Stephen Charles Penn, 57 of Morton, passed away on March 23 at Apostolic Christian Timber Ridge after a lengthy illness. … MORE
Ruth E. Gooding, 89, of Normal, passed away on March 23, 2019 at Heritage Manor in Normal.… MORE
Barbara Jane Gentes, 88, of Chenoa, passed away at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.… MORE
Join WJBC at the 2019 Wild Game Feed to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the Sit N Bull in Hudson, IL March 30th.… MORE
Clifford A. Spence, 64, of Chenoa, passed away at 8:12 a.m., Monday, March 11, 2019, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.… MORE
Kristopher J. Reed, 42, of Normal, passed away at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 4, 2019 in Champaign. … MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…