Radio Bloomington, McLean Country Eye Center, and O’Brien Mitsubishi are proud to support the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. The Event is on June 24th and 25th from 4pm on the 24th until 10am on the 25th. The event is located at Normal Community High School, 3900 E Raab Rd, Normal, IL. Here’s a…… MORE
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Obituaries: Hinshaw, Hinshaw, Kirchner
Obituaries for Joseph Hinshaw, Kerry Hinshaw, … MORE
CornBelters avoid sweep on the road
By Greg Halbleib O’FALLON, Mo. – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, scored entirely with three home runs as they broke a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the River City Rascals on Saturday night at CarShield Field. The Rascals scored in their first at bat for the second straight night…… MORE
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Titan softball season ends in D-III Championships
The postseason run of the Illinois Wesleyan softball team ended with a 3-1 loss to Rowan University in the second round of the NCAA Division III Softball Championships at James Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va., on Friday, May 27.… MORE
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Obituaries: McCulloh
Obituary for Stanley McCulloh… MORE
Obituaries: Pearson
Obituary for Harriette Pearson… MORE
Obituaries: Ahillen
Christopher Ahillen Christopher D. Ahillen, 47, of Bloomington, passed away at 4:38 p.m., Thursday, May 19, 2016 at his home. His funeral will be at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2016 at St. Patrick Church of Merna, Bloomington with Rev. Gregory Ketcham officiating. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May…… MORE
Seven decades of pursuit
In 2016 German courts are trying 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, accused of aiding the murder of thousands as a guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Journalist and author Andrew Nagorski says that this may be one of the last examples of work that official and unofficial investigators have conducted for seven decades. “More than seventy years…… MORE
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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…