Obituaries for Marilyn Shoemaker and John Short… MORE
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Obituary: Mowery
Obituary for Cynthia Mowery… MORE
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Obituary for Vista Barrett… MORE
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Obituary: Sobin
Donald Walter Sobin, 88, of Normal, passed away at 1:12 a.m. Friday, October 21, 2016 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.… MORE
Keeping massages on the up-and-up
A number of people think it’s a relaxing way to spend an hour or so but the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation wants to make sure it’s also legal. … MORE
Obituaries: Hammitt
Obituary for James Hammitt… MORE
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Obituary for Robert Wollenschlager… MORE
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Obituaries for Velda Eckel and Willaim York… MORE
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Obituary for Mark Mellor… MORE
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…