Obituaries for Sandra Kay Houser, Delores McGuire, Elizabeth McGuire, Thomas Van Deven and Pat Walsh
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Obituaries: Ross, Sweet
Obituaries for Delbert Ross and Galyn Sweet… MORE
Obituaries: Frantz
Obituary for H. Patricia Frantz
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Obituaries: Cashmer, Rutledge
Obituaries for Margaret Cashmer, Sue Rutledge.… MORE
Obituary: Rutledge
BLOOMINGTON – Sue Rutledge, 61 of Bloomington, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 9:36 a.m. at her home. Visitation will be held for Sue on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 from 4-7 p.m. at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington. Following the visitation cremation rites will be accorded. A Celebration of Life will…… MORE
Obituary: Lighthall
Obituary for Carolyn R. Lighthall.… MORE
Obituaries: Frischmann, Whitfill
Obituary for Norma Frischmann and Thomas Whitfill
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Obituary: Farney
Elizabeth “Beth” Farney PONTIAC – Elizabeth “Beth” Farney, 83, of Pontiac, formerly of Cullom, passed away at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2017 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Calvert & Martin Funeral Home in Cullom. Visitation will be…… MORE
Obituaries: Sohn
Obituary for Leroy Sohn
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Obituaries: Ehrhardt, Woith
Obituaries for Wayne Ehrhardt and Kate Woith
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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…