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Come Home for the Holidays

Come Home for the Holidays

WJBC and flyhomebn.org have teamed up so that someone you know and love can Come Home for the Holidays!MORE

Bruegala 2023: Camp Bruegala

Bruegala 2023: Camp Bruegala

The Bloomington-Normal Jaycees invite you to raise a glass at the 23rd Annual Bruegala charity beer festival!MORE

2023 St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon

2023 St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon

Join us Saturday September 23rd, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, for the St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon, to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. MORE

Day Of The Dozer

Day Of The Dozer

In its 19th year ‘Illinois Day of the Dozer’ still giving kids the ultimate ride. On SaturdayMORE

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

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.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

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…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

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…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

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…