Liam Crotty connected on four field goals as No. 5-ranked North Central stymied the Illinois Wesleyan offense in the second half of the Cardinals 26-13 win at Benedetti-Wherli Stadium.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Illinois stocking 80,000 trout for fall fishing season
If you don’t fish, you’re not on the hook to pay for Illinois to add 80,000 trout to the state’s lakes and ponds this fall.… MORE
Redbirds prevail over Panthers in Mid-America Classic
Holding the Panthers to a mere 14 total rushing yards on O’Brien Field, No. 14 Illinois State defeated Eastern Illinois, 44-13, in the 106th meeting of the Mid-America Classic to take home the trophy on Saturday evening.… MORE
OSF foundation sells ornaments to build new chapel
Buy an ornament in memory of a lost loved one and help build a new chapel that can hold more people at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.… MORE
Bloomington Police Chief talks illegal guns, body cameras, and marijuana
Bloomington Police are touting their haul of 10 illegal guns in 30 days.… MORE
Sports On Air
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Northwest Neighborhood Community Center opens its doors
After several years of planning, the Northwest Neighborhood Community Center is opening its doors today.… MORE
WJBC Extravaganza: Dominant Chili Bowl tastes sweet for Normal Community
By Neil Doyle NORMAL- Daylen Boddie threw four touchdown passes and rushed for 90 yards on 17 carries as the Ironmen rolled to a 50-16 win at Normal West. NCHS (4-0) took advantage of six West (3-1) turnovers, one of them a fumble that was returned by Max Lowery for 35 yards and a score…… MORE
ISU rape, revenge porn cases tied to mobile dating app
Illinois State University Police are investigating an alleged rape and a case of revenge porn, both tied to the use of the mobile dating application Tinder and the picture-sharing app Snapchat.… MORE
Pontiac Police Arrest Man in 2 hour standoff
By Sean Copeland PONTIAC– Pontiac Police were engaged in a standoff for nearly two and a half hours Friday morning. According to a Pontiac police press release, just before 10:45 am Pontiac Police responded to an apartment in the 400 block of W. North where eyewitnesses had seen a man pointing a…… MORE
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…