Remembering Josh Rodgers This photo gallery has been created to share the love and laughter of Josh Rodgers, 22, who was killed during a firefight against ISIS insurgents. His parents Kevin and Vondra Rodgers were notified of their son’s death on Wednesday. If you have photos you would like to add to the gallery please send…… MORE
Obituary for Rev. Thomas S. Shea… MORE
Obituary for Susan Tinges… MORE
By Sam Wood and Patti Penn WJBC’s Sam Wood and Patti Penn had an opportunity to tour DESTIHL’s new $14 million facility in Normal, Ill. this month. Listen (and view) the experience below: Desthil Expansion… MORE
Obituary for Gary McCandless
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Obituaries for Melissa Jean Baugh, James Lewis Cooper.… MORE
Outhitting the Bears 22-14, Illinois State topped Missouri State, twice in Saturday’s doubleheader at Marian Kneer Stadium, maintaining the first place position in the Valley.… MORE
A quick start, a big seventh inning and Redbird pitchers’ ability to escape jams late in the game helped the Illinois State baseball team secure its first win in Missouri Valley Conference play Saturday afternoon at Dozer Park.… MORE
For the second year in a row, Stoller International and KSR in Pontiac are teaming up with the Livingston County Farm Bureau to help people start seeing farmers.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team was unable to overcome Bradley’s six-run first inning as the host Braves earned a run-ruled, walk-off win Friday night at Dozer Park.… 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…