Obituary for Anthony Kelleher… MORE
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“X” Marks The Spot To Ixtapa
WJBC, Suzi Davis Travel, and the Vein Specialist have your chance to escape: to the Sunscape Resort in Ixtapa, Mexico! You’ll enjoy 7 nights at this beachfront all inclusive resort with a swim up bar and round trip airfare from Chicago! Listen each week in October for a clue from the host on where to…… MORE
Obituaries: Emery
Obituary for Albert Emery… MORE
McCarthy-era loyalty oath against communism remains fixture in state elections
When you vote for candidates this November, it’s likely they’ve signed an oath saying they’re not communists.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football cruises past North Park
Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore had a hand in four touchdowns as Illinois Wesleyan avenged its only loss to North Park in 30 years with a 45-10 win over the Vikings at the Holmgren Athletic Complex.… MORE
Linda Thompson on her marriage to Bruce Jenner and romance with Elvis
Four years into her marriage to Bruce Jenner, Linda Thompson’s husband told her he had something very important to reveal. In 1985, Jenner–who now goes by Caitlyn–told Thompson he identified as female, and was transgender. She didn’t see the revelation coming. “People ask me ‘were there any signs?,’” Thompson tells Steve Fast. “No. Absolutely nothing.” The…… MORE
Obituary: Poppe
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 Chris and Adelheid Merhkens Poppe. He first married Barbara A. Flanders. He then married Leona I. Kruse on December 3, 1983. She…… MORE
Obituaries: Sweeney
Obituary for John Sweeney… MORE
Obituaries: Franklin
Obituary for Betty Franklin… MORE
Obituaries: Walls
Obituary for Leola Walls… 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…