This weekend for 4 shows at the Grossinger Motors Arena! Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live brings everyone’s favorite Hot Wheels monster trucks to life… MORE
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Join and/or Support the Radio Bloomington 2019 Polar Plunge Team
The 2019 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics of Illinois is just around the corner. YOU can either join the Radio Bloomington Polar Plunge Team or support one of our plungers! Find out how here… MORE
Friday scoreboard, Saturday schedule
Friday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Obituary: Leman
Donna Lou Leman, 85, Fairbury and formerly of Forrest died at 11:50 p.m. Monday, January 28, 2019 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.
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Obituaries: Erdman, Norwood
Ronald Erdman CHENOA – Ronald D. Erdman, 88, Chenoa, died at 2:38 p.m. Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, January 28, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Chenoa with Pastor Jeremy Latzke officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery with full military…… MORE
Obituary: Boles
Patrick R. Boles, 58, Chenoa, died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Richard Owens Hospice Home, Peoria.… MORE
OBITUARY: W. Warren Frederick
W. Warren Frederick, 88, Bloomington and formerly of Fairbury, died at 2:40 pm Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Heritage Health, Bloomington. Warren’s graveside service will be at 11:00 am Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Chenoa Twp. Cemetery, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorials be given to the…… MORE
OBITUARY: Delmar Ray Hunter
Delmar Ray Hunter, 86 of Bloomington, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Heritage Manor, Bloomington. Delmar’s service will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10am at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington with Pastor Robert Phillips officiating. Military Honors will be conducted at the funeral home by the Bloomington/Normal American Legion.…… MORE
Obituary: Fox
Susan Grace Fox, 72 of Chatsworth, died at 9:15 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at OSF St. James, John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.… MORE
Direct Travel’s 75th Anniversary Tour of Normandy Beaches
WJBC and Direct Travel have joined together to bring you a once in lifetime opportunity.… 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…