WJBC’S Summer of Fun with Bud Light is here! Stop by Hy-Vee, Qik-n-EZ, The Station Saloon, Elroy’s, Freedom Gas Stations and wherever Bud Light is sold to scan the QR code to win a pair of tickets to some of the best live performances this summer. Good luck, from Bud Light, and thank you for listening to WJBC!… MORE
The American Red Cross is asking you to be a superhero by donating blood at the Superhero Summer Blood Drive!… MORE
Brews at the Zoo returns to Miller Park Zoo for one night only on Saturday, June 24!… MORE
Special Olympics Illinois is bringing the Summer Games to Bloomington-Normal on June 9-11, 2023 with so many opportunities to join the inclusion revolution!… MORE
Get your tickets for an Evening with Doug and Chris Collins on Sunday, June 11, 2023 in Bloomington to benefit Marcfirst!… MORE
Power of the Purse returns to live and in-person on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington!… MORE
Join the McLean County Museum of History for the celebration of the 2023 History Makers during the gala on June 15th.… MORE
The 4th annual What Women Want Expo is taking place on Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, 2023.… MORE
Join us for the the 8th Annual Tee it Up! for the GFPD fundraiser benefitting the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders.… MORE
It’s time for the 2023 Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Central Illinois!… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…