Cardinals, Redbirds, Thunder on WJBC

Posted on March 26, 2016

By WJBC Staff

The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Washington Nationals in Grapefruit League exhibition play today with coverage on WJBC 1230 AM beginning at 11:45 a.m.

On your computer or smartphone at wjbc.com, the ISU softball team plays a Missouri Valley Conference twinbill on the road at Carbondale against Southern Illinois starting at noon.

Also, at 4 p.m. the ISU baseball team plays a nonconference game in New Orleans against Tulane on WJBC.com, while the Bloomington Thunder are in Madison, Wis., for a 7 p.m. hockey game. Click here for the Thunder on WJBC.com.

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…