The Peoria Chiefs committed four errors in the first two innings and got blown out 11-1 at West Michigan Wednesday night to start a nine-game road trip. The loss ends a three-game win streak and drops the Chiefs to 14-12 in the second half and 54-42 overall.… MORE
Last night the Normal CornBelters took on the Schaumburg Boomers but that wasn’t the only reason to head out to the Corn Crib… MORE
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Kat McCreery, who led the Illinois Wesleyan softball team to a seventh-place finish in the NCAA Division III national finals this spring and three straight NCAA tournament appearances and, has announced she will leave IWU after three highly successful seasons as the Titans’ head coach.… MORE
Luke Yaklich, entering his fourth season on the Illinois State men’s basketball staff, has been promoted to associate head coach, it was announced by head coach Dan Muller Tuesday.… MORE
The Corn Crib wasn’t hosting Frontier League baseball this past weekend as it so often does throughout the summer, but it was still playing host to something special.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan’s Max Leonard was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Man of the Year on Monday while fellow Titan Jill Harmon was named the CCIW Woman of the Year.… MORE
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – For the third straight season, the Bloomington Thunder will see their prospects compete on the international stage with Team USA. The Thunder have the most prospects of any USHL team to be competing with Team USA in the tournament. Calen Kiefiuk, Brady Smith and Jeremy Davidson were each chosen for…… MORE
The Peoria Chiefs tied the game in the eighth inning and won the game 4-3 with a single in the 11th inning to sweep the Great Lakes Loons on Monday afternoon. … 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…