Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team will be spending much – and hopefully for them, all – of Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma City for the NCA Division III College World Series.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team will be spending much – and hopefully for them, all – of Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma City for the NCA Division III College World Series.… MORE
Join DESTIHL Brewery Saturday June 2nd from 1pm – 5pm for their first every Field Day Beer Fest at the DESTIHL Brewery on Greenbriar Drive in Normal!… MORE
Obituary for Thomas Black… MORE
Obituary for Steve Sykes
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Obituary for Donna Walker
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Obituary for Stacey Williams
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Obituaries for Teresa Brucker, Anthony Turchirollo.… MORE
Obituary for Donna Bagley
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Join St. Jude supporters and friends at Crestwicke Country Club in Bloomington for a day of golf, dinner, a live auction, and silent auction!… MORE
Obituary for Terry Cole
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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…