The American Farm Bureau Federation says you’ll pay the lowest price for Thanksgiving dinner since 2013 this year.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Bloomington named Illinois’ drunkest city
Bloomington is considered the drunkest city in Illinois according to a recent study from the CDC which concluded excessive alcohol consumption cost the US economy nearly 250 billion dollars in 2010.… MORE
OSF settles dispute with Blue Cross
OSF HealthCare has reached an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois to ensure patients will continue to have access to in-network care at OSF HealthCare hospitals through 2018.… MORE
Redbird Women’s basketball falls to George Mason
Illinois State fell short against the George Mason Patriots 56-37 on Wednesday.… MORE
Redbird volleyball team help train intellectually disabled people in Bloomington
The Illinois State University Redbird volleyball team was an essential part of a collaboration with Advocate BroMenn Health & Fitness Center recently. The Redbirds were guest trainers in the program, specifically helping to improve the health and fitness of those with developmental and intellectual disabilities.… MORE
Normal Township narrowly OKs Brandt tax breaks
The Normal Township Board has voted 3-to-2 to approve tax incentives for Brandt Industries to build a new manufacturing plant in rural Hudson.… MORE
Sports On Air
Sports On Air… MORE
Obituaries: Waters
Obituary for Dean Waters
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Heartland approves new Lincoln site, tax breaks for ag manufacturer
Heartland Community College plans to move its Lincoln campus to a new location to expand its programming.… MORE
Give Thanks drive delivers more than 2,000 turkeys to over 2,000 households
Last month, WJBC had reported on a partnership of Home Sweet Home Ministries and Midwest Food Bank looking to collect 2,000 turkeys this holiday season. … 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…