The Peoria Chiefs were shutout for the second time in five games and swept by the Lake County Captains 4-0 in game two of Sunday’s doubleheader. … MORE
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Survey: Weddings cost too much
A shared life of wedded bliss often starts with financial stress, because of the rising cost of tying the knot that a majority of Americans believe is too much.… MORE
Obituary: Laesch
Steven D. Laesch, 65, of Normal, passed away at 4:28 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.… MORE
Obituary: Cox
Caroline S. Cox, age 104, passed away on February 4 at 10:45 pm at Heartland Healthcare in Normal.… MORE
Obituaries: Schultz
Obituary for Hannah Schultz… MORE
Obituary: Schultz
Hannah E. Schultz, 94, formerly of Bloomington, recently of Galena, passed away at 3:38 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Galena Stauss Seniors Care in Galena, Illinois.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Who made your clothes?
Check out the label on the shirt you are wearing. … MORE
Bloomington Police investigate 2nd report of shots fired in two days
Police are trying to determine if there’s a link between two shots fired incidents on the city’s west side in recent days.
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Obituary: Bagwell, Rousey
Obituaries for Donald Bagwell and Donald Rousey… MORE
WJBC Forum: Not all Trojan horses are in Troy
Madigan’s minions are at it again.… 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…