The Illinois State baseball team allowed the game-winning run to score on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 14th inning as host Saint Louis secured a 5-4 win Wednesday afternoon at Billiken Sports Center.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Redbird baseball, Sportstalk on WJBC
Illinois State baseball closes out its 16-game season-opening road trip with a Wednesday matinee at St. Louis.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: March 14, 2016
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Holiday Classic announces fields
Ten high schools will be represented in the 38th annual State Farm Holiday Basketball Classic, which tips off Dec. 27 at four venues in Bloomington-Normal. The 64-team field (boys and girls) includes four teams that took home state trophies, including state champions St. Joseph-Ogden in boys and Morton in girls.… MORE
Illinois State basketball declines postseason invitations
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has announced the Redbirds will not participate in a postseason tournament this year.… MORE
LeRoy captures Class 1A state title
The LeRoy Panthers, led by Matt Chastain, fought to their first ever state title Saturday as the Panthers defeated the Lions of Chicago Leo 38-35 at Carver Arena in Peoria.… MORE
Cardinals exhibition on WJBC
By WJBC Staff St. Louis Cardinals baseball makes its debut on WJBC 1230 AM today when the Cardinals take on the Washington Nationals in an exhibition game. Coverage begins at 11:30 a.m.… MORE
Thunder roll to 7th straight win
Hayden Lavigne and Jake Slaker ended up as a big part of the Bloomington Thunder’s 4-0 shutout win over the Youngstown Phantoms, extending the team’s win streak to seven on Friday.… MORE
Bloomington falls in sectional final
A great season came to an end Friday night for the Bloomington Purple Raiders, as they fell to Peoria Manual 84-64 in the Class 3A Sectional Final.… MORE
Redbirds split pair of walk off finishes
Jordan de los Reyes was the hero for Illinois State softball as the junior singled in the game-winning run in an 8-7 walk off win over Jacksonville State Friday at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.… 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…