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Marilyn MoodyMarilyn Ruth Moody, 61, of Bloomington passed away at 5:37 a.m. on Oct. 8 at her residence.A celebration service and private internment will be at a later date. Cremation services provide...

By Brad Palmer/Illinois Radio Network MARION – Because of the recent wave of bankruptcies rippling through the coal industry, the health care and pension benefits for thousands of retirees, depe...

I’m a Central Illinois native who grew up in Petersburg and found my way to WJBC by way of Western Illinois University in Macomb. While at WIU I had the opportunity to cover a variety of Western...

Mary Alverson Mary Ellen Abbott Alverson passed peacefully to eternal life at 11:15 a.m., Oct. 5 at her family home, which she called "Heavenblest House", in Normal after a brief and brave struggle wi...

John Bray John "Mr. Jack" Robert Bray, 83, a lifelong resident of Bloomington, passed away on Oct. 2 at McLean County Nursing Home in Normal. Cremation rites have been accorded. A private family memor...

Martha FranklinMartha Lee Franklin, 95, of Fairbury, passed away at 2:40 a.m., Oct. 3 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.Her funeral will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Hom...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created to open up home ownership to average Americans. Without the two mortgage giants, the housing picture in the U.S. would be drastically different. The 2008 bailou...

Will this movie make you physically sick? CNN’s Jeanne Moos wonders whether “The Walk” will make you woozy.

Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway and Nancy Meyers give tips on how directors need to treat actors from the set of “The Intern”.

(WJBC file photo) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – Mumps continues to be a problem in the Bloomington-Normal area. The McLean County Health Department is reporting that Bloomington High School now h...