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Week 6 high school football roundup
Normal Community remained unbeaten and Normal West pulled away from Bloomington as Week 6 of the high school football season unfolded on Friday night. … MORE
Free speech safeguarded if Unit 5 kids hold anthem demonstrations
Unit 5 administrators seek to protect the constitutional rights of free speech and expression for students should they stage peaceful demonstrations at school events when the national anthem is played or during the Pledge of Allegiance.… MORE
Intercity match-up highlights Week 6 of high school football
By Greg Halbleib The final Intercity meeting of the 2017 regular season highlights the Week 6 schedule for the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza. Normal West (4-1, 3-1 Big Twelve) visits Bloomington (3-2, 2-2 Big Twelve) one week after both participated in games with single-game school scoring records. West put a school-record 76…… MORE
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Titans focus on football as Wheaton awaits
The suspensions of five Wheaton College football players tied to an alleged hazing incident last year has received some national media attention, but someone who has no interest in talking about is Norm Eash. … MORE
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Illinois State football limits practices due to heat
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack is grateful to finally see some cooler weather.… MORE
Flying Aces to delay home opener due to arena work
The Central Illinois Flying Aces announced on Tuesday that its home-opening weekend on Oct. 13-14 will be rescheduled to allow for upgrades to the dasher board and glass system at Grossinger Motors Arena.… MORE
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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…