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By WJBC Staff GENEVA – The Peoria Chiefs have won four straight road games and are back over .500 for the first time since April 22 thanks to a 4-3 win over the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday ni...

W. Thomas French Tom French, 60, of Bloomington, passed away at 10:58 a.m., May 15, at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. A Celebration of Tom’s Life will be held from 1:00-4:00 p....

Jayne Delforge Jayne “Muffy” Delforge, 92, of Bloomington passed away May 15, peacefully at Heritage Health, Bloomington. Her celebration of life service will be on June 5, starting at 3 p...

Symbionese Liberation Army “Family Photo.” Public domain.As fears of domestic terror can close down airport gates and lead to mandatory bag checks at nearly every public event, an era of h...

Bloomington’s Jeremy Davies led the USHL in scoring among defensemen during the 2015-16 season. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder) By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Thunder defense...

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...