Category Archives: Local Sports

Illinois State women’s basketball completes coaching staff

Illinois State women’s basketball completes coaching staff

Posted on May 12, 2017

Illinois State women’s head basketball coach Kristen Gillespie added a second piece to her coaching staff with the hiring of assistant coach Niki Washington, the now former associate head women’s basketball coach at Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Florida.… MORE

ISU’s de los Reyes named MVC Player of Year

ISU’s de los Reyes named MVC Player of Year

Posted on May 11, 2017

Highlighted by Jordan de los Reyes’ Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year accolade, the Illinois State softball team collected eight All-Conference honors at the league’s 2017 softball awards banquet on Wednesday night at the Hancock Stadium Club.… MORE

WJBC Athletes of the Week: May 8, 2017

Posted on May 8, 2017

WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.
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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…