EL PASO – Dale W. Nelson, 16 of El Paso, Illinois, passed away on August 21, 2017 at 11:06 p.m. at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois. Dale’s service will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 12 noon at the Crossroads Chapel, 1049 JC Pkwy, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, with Pastor Mark…… MORE
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The Illinois State volleyball team was picked for a third-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches, while a pair of Redbirds earned preseason all-conference honors, the MVC announced Wednesday.… 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…