Gail Ritchie COLFAX – Gail P. Ritchie, 75, of Colfax passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at his home. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, August 24, 2018, at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. Burial will be 12 noon on Friday, August 24, 2018 at East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, where military honors…… MORE
Dena Faye Eades, 80 of Bloomington, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Heritage Health Care, Normal. Faye’s celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 11am at West Twin Grove Church, Bloomington with Pastor Monte Bowers officiating. Cremation rites have been accorded and inurnment will be held at a…… MORE
David Jon Mowery Jr., 29, Bloomington, died at 1:01 pm Friday, August 17, 2018 at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. His visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, August 24, 2018 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Inurnment will be 11:00 am Friday, August 31, 2018 at Avoca Twp. Cemetery, rural Fairbury. David was…… MORE
Richard F. Steidinger, 86, of Fairbury, died at 7:52 p.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa.… MORE
Shirley A. Davis, 87 of Bloomington, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Martin Health Center, Bloomington.… MORE
Come out to WJBC’s Pet Fest at the Corn Crib in Normal… MORE
Fairbury – Charles Edward Winslow, 76 of Fairbury, passed away at 5:37 pm, Monday, August 13, 2018 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Cremation rites have been accorded. There will be a memorial service at 2:00 pm, Friday, August 17, 2018 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. An Inurnment will follow the service at…… MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Greg “GP” Patton, 63, of Bloomington, passed away at 5:27 p.m., Friday, August 10, 2018 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 18, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Bloomington with Rev. Richard Robinson officiating. Burial will be private. Visitation will be from 4 p.m.…… MORE
On Saturday, August 27th, kids will get the experience of a lifetime . . . a chance to see and ride on heavy construction and farming equipment!… MORE
Randall Gil Freed, 64, Fairbury, died at 11:01 pm Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.… MORE
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…