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Chiefs sweep doubleheader despite being no-hit
By WJBC Staff PEORIA – In one of the craziest days in Dozer Park history, the Peoria Chiefs won both games of a double header despite getting no-hit in game two, a 1-0 win. With the win the Chiefs are just the fourth team in Midwest League history to win a game in which they got…… MORE
Heartland Community College names new baseball, men’s soccer coaches
By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Two new coaches have been named for Heartland Hawks baseball and men’s soccer. Brian Furlong will lead the HCC baseball team and Jonathan Titzel will head men’s soccer. Furlong comes to Heartland from Creighton University where he served as the director of baseball operations and most recently as pitching coach.…… MORE
Chiefs & Lugnuts Rained Out Wednesday
By Nathan Baliva Peoria, IL – The Peoria Chiefs game against the Lansing Lugnuts scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed by rain. The teams will make up the game as part of a Thursday double header starting at 5:00 p.m. and both games will be scheduled for seven innings. Fans who had tickets to Wednesday’s…… MORE
Brown satisfied with Trials performance
Downs native and Tri-Valley High School graduate Stephanie Brown just completed an experience of a lifetime.… MORE
CornBelters’ Gillies named Frontier League Pitcher of the Week
The Normal CornBelters have been awarded their fourth weekly award of the season with the naming of Charlie Gillies as Frontier League Pitcher of the Week.… MORE
Brown finishes 10th in Trials
Downs native and Tri-Valley High School graduate Stephanie Brown came up short in her bid to make the 2016 United States Olympic team Sunday in Eugene, Ore.… MORE
Freedom complete weekend sweep of CornBelters
The Normal CornBelters couldn’t overcome an early deficit and gave up the final game of the series 4-1 to the Florence Freedom for the sweep on Sunday evening at the Corn Crib.… MORE
Chiefs give up 5 homers in loss at Wisconsin
The Peoria Chiefs tied the game in the top of the seventh inning but allowed nine runs in the bottom of the frame in a 16-6 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Sunday afternoon. … MORE
CornBelters tie game in ninth but fall in extras
The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, tied the score in the bottom of the ninth, but gave up two runs in the twelfth to drop the second game of the series to the Freedom 6-4 on Saturday night. … MORE
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…