Illinois State women’s basketball player Shakeela Fowler is transferring from the program, it was announced Monday by head coach Barb Smith.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
WJBC Athletes of the Week: April 25, 2016
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Sports On Air
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LeRoy’s Chastain to attend Loyola
LeRoy All-State basketball standout Matt Chastain has announced he will attend Loyola.… MORE
Thunder force Game 5 with overtime win
After a scoreless hockey game, the Thunder forced a Game 5 in overtime against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders with Alec Mehr netting the golden goal less than a minute and 30 seconds into the extra period.… MORE
Illinois State softball comes up short vs Loyola
The Illinois State softball team’s seventh inning rally came up just short Sunday as the Redbirds lost to Loyola, 5-4, in the series finale in Chicago.… MORE
ISU takes down Salukis to avoid sweep
Jacob Hendren and a pair of Illinois State relievers combined on a three-hit shutout of Southern Illinois Sunday to help the Redbirds avoid a series sweep at the hands of the Salukis. Illinois State won Sunday’s pitchers’ duel by a 1-0 score.… MORE
Chiefs fall to TimberRattlers
The Peoria Chiefs lost to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5-1 in 11 innings on Sunday for a four-game series sweep.… MORE
Redbirds’ late rally falls short in 8-6 loss to SIU
The Illinois State baseball team rallied late but came up short in an 8-6 loss to Southern Illinois Saturday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Redbird softball sweeps doubleheader at Loyola
The Illinois State Redbirds racked up 12 runs across two games as they swept a doubleheader at Loyola Saturday in Chicago. ISU won game one, 6-2, and game two, 6-0.… 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…