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Albert Emery Albert P. “Butch” Emery, 61, of Downs passed away at 7:38 p.m. on Oct. 1 at his residence surrounded by his family. His family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5 to 7:00 p...

Chances are the Illinois politicians that you’re going to vote for next month have sworn that they are not communists. (WJBC file photo)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD ̵...

IWU’s Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore rushed for 150 yards in the Titans’ win over North Park on Saturday. (Photo courtesy iwusports.com) By Eric Stock CHICAGO – Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore ...

Author Linda Thompson. Photo credit: Harry Langdon. Four years into her marriage to Bruce Jenner, Linda Thompson’s husband told her he had something very important to reveal. In 1985, JennerR...

LEXINGTON – Robert Keith Poppe, 82, Lexington, died at 3:31pm Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.Bob was born March 6, 1934 in Lawndale Twp., IL the son of C...

John SweeneyJohn K. Sweeney, 73, of Bloomington passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 at his residence.His Service of Remembrance will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Kibler-Brady-Ruestman Memorial Home i...

Leola WallsLeola Walls, 74, of Bloomington passed away at 3:50 p.m. on Sept. 8 at her residence.Her funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington with Rev...

By Mike Matejka The current stand-off in North Dakota between the Standing Rock Native American nation and the Dakota Access pipeline raises some deep questions. But the one that most provokes me is, ...

Jose Baeza-PadillaJose Carlos Baeza-Padilla, 17, of Meadows, formerly of Pontiac passed away at 9:25 p.m. on Sept. 4 in Pontiac.His funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Chenoa Un...

By WJBC Staff A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses. Mon. Sept. 5, 2016 City of Bloomington has yet...