Tarek Baker netted the second penalty shot goal in team history and goaltender Logan Halladay turned aside 33 shots, but the Bloomington Thunder fell, 3-2, in overtime to the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Wednesday night.… MORE
Home Sweet Home providing meals on Thanksgiving
Home Sweet Home Minitries is continuing its tradition of providing a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving day.… MORE
Sports On Air
WJBC AM 1230: 7:00 p.m. – Football – Pittsburgh at Indianapolis Listen live here … MORE
Leftovers need to be stored properly
Those second day Thanksgiving sandwiches are yummy, but Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav Shah said if you don’t store leftovers correctly, you could get sick.… MORE
New law clarifies schools’ ability to donate unused food
A new state law makes it clear; Schools can share their unused food with food banks or homeless shelters.… MORE
New OT wages rules temporarily blocked
The overtime wage rules affecting millions of salaried workers set to go into effect on December 1 have been temporarily blocked, and will likely never go into effect.… MORE
Brady: Bill to help Exelon has better focus
State Representative Dan Brady said a bill that passed a House committee to help Exelon keep its nuclear power plants in Clinton and the Quad Cities open is not in its final form.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Four to the floor
Stores get into Christmas season before Thanksgiving, so this Forum is timely. … MORE
Clinton hopeful plant will stay open
If the Illinois Legislature approves, there could be new life for the Clinton and Quad-Cities nuclear power plants. (Courtesy Exelon Corp.)… MORE
New instant lottery game benefits veterans causes
You have a chance to help Illinois veterans by taking a chance.… 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…