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Shirley Schleeter Shirley Lois (Cumpston) Schleeter, 93, formerly of Colfax, passed away at 8:30 p.m. May 6 at Liberty Village Care Center, Peoria. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's L...

Betty HarwegerBetty J. Harweger, 93, of Normal, passed away at 3:10 a.m. on May 8 at McLean County Nursing Home in Normal.Her graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Secor Cemetery...

Primatologist Frans de Waal has studied animal intelligence for decades. He says that we know surprisingly little about animal intelligence due to centuries of study that valued exhibitions of human-l...

(Photo courtesy Duffy-Pils Memorial Home) Thomas A. Kauffman, 87, of Chenoa, passed away at 2:16 am, Friday, May 6, 2016 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. His funeral service will be ...

Chad GuentherChad Henry Guenther, 41, of Chicago, formerly of Bloomington, passed away at 1:42 p.m., May 3 at his home.His memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday at Second Presbyterian C...

Shirley ShepherdShirley A. Shepherd, 89, of Bloomington, died at 6:10 p.m. on May 2 at McLean County Nursing Home, Normal.Her funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloom...

Betty DurreBetty Jo Durre,68, of Strawn passed away at 9:40 p.m., April 30 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.Cremation rites have been accorded. The family will have a private Celebration of ...

Jack Landwehr pitched the final 3 1/3 innings to get the win for Illinois State on Sunday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)By ISU Sports InformationEVANSVILLE, Ind. – Owen Miller matched a career...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff Eastlake, OH – The Peoria Chiefs were shutout for the second time in five games and swept by the Lake County Captains 4-0 in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. Th...

(Photo courtesy Rachel Elaine/flickr) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A shared life of wedded bliss often starts with financial stress, because of the rising cost of tying the knot that a majority o...