Hometown Military News for Dec. 11, 2015: … MORE

Hometown Military News for Dec. 11, 2015: … MORE
That “two weeks a year” part of a National Guard commitment can include a trip to Europe.… MORE
Hometown Military News for Dec. 4, 2015: Lincoln’s Challenge Academy continues to thrive despite state budget concerns RANTOUL – In 1993 the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul. At the same time, Chanute became the home of Lincoln’s Challenge Academy, a diamond in the rough among…… MORE
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WJBC tips off its coverage of high school basketball for the 2015-16 season with two games from the Intercity Girls Basketball Tournament at Normal West.… MORE
Veterans – did you enjoy a day off for Veterans Day Wednesday?… MORE
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Operation Santa wants you to put a sock in it.… MORE
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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.” …
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…
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…
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…