Category Archives: Contests

Bracket Buster 2021

Bracket Buster 2021

It’s March and you know what that brings: the return of WJBC’s Bracket Buster.MORE

Beef, Bouquet or BLT Giveaway

Beef, Bouquet or BLT Giveaway

WJBC and The Scott Miller Show has your opportunity to surprise your Valentine this February with the perfect gift!MORE

Win A Mother’s Day Floral Arrangement From Casey’s Garden Shop For Mom

Win a gorgeous floral hanging basket for Mother’s Day thanks to Casey’s Garden Shop & Florist! It’s time to remember all of the amazing mothers in our lives and show them just how much they mean to us, so Casey’s Garden Shop & Florist is giving you a chance to win an amazing hanging basket…MORE

Bracket Buster 2020 CANCELLED

Bracket Buster 2020 CANCELLED

Due to the cancellation of the basketball tournament, the WJBC 2020 Bracket Buster contest has been suspended and indefinitely postponed. 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…