By Adam Studzinski CHICAGO – The Chicago Bears might be on the lookout for a new starting center after Family Fest at Soldier Field on Saturday. Center Hroniss Grasu left the scrimmage with a knee injury he suffered near the sidelines while the starting offense looked to execute a screen pass. “I don’t know the…… MORE
Police are is seeking help from the public in locating a missing woman.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters scored twice in each of the first two innings on the way to their eighth straight win, 5-1 over the Traverse City Beach Bums on Friday night at Wuerfel Park.… MORE
The Peoria Chiefs allowed two big innings and fell to the Quad Cities River Bandits 11-4 on Friday night as the visitors took two of three in the series. … MORE
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The Chicago Bears receiving corps isn’t missing a beat, despite a few injuries so far during training camp in Bourbonnais.… MORE
With back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference championships and two straight trips to the FCS playoffs in its rear view mirror, Illinois State’s football team begins its journey for a third title and another to trip to the FCS national championship game when the Redbirds begin fall training camp Sunday at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
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By WJBC Staff JOLIET – The Normal CornBelters scored four times in the second inning and never trailed, completing a three-game sweep of the Joliet Slammers 8-2 for their seventh straight victory. The CornBelters struck first in the second inning by scoring four runs on one hit. The first four hitters reached base off Joliet…… MORE
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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…