Obituary for Joanna Delaney, Hazel Reel
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Obituary for Joanna Delaney, Hazel Reel
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Obituary for Dorothy Ball.… MORE
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Obituaries for Ronald Dowell, Sylvester Fosdick and Janet Weakman
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David Downey Stiles V, of Bloomington, passed away at 1:14 a.m., Saturday, November 4, 2017 after an auto accident in rural Bloomington. His funeral will be at 1 p.m., Friday, November 10, 2017 at Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington with Rev. Justin Iverson officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. Visitation will…… MORE
Obituary for Victor Sylvester… MORE
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Obituary for Bobbie Elliott
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There’s more than one thing that can go awry during All Hollow’s Eve, with spirits and goblins and ghouls all around; checking your coverage is logically sound. … 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…