Illinois State’s MiKyle McIntosh and Nick Banyard earned Specialty Awards for their play during the Missouri Valley Conference season, the league office announced Wednesday.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Bloomington plays regional opener on WJBC tonight
Coming off their first Big 12 title since 2007, the Bloomington Purple Raiders boys basketball team opens the postseason tonight.… MORE
VanVleet top player in Valley
For the second time in his career, Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet has earned the Missouri Valley Conference Larry Bird Player of the Year award.… MORE
Three Redbirds earn Valley honors
Illinois State’s DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell earned second-team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors announced by the league office Tuesday. … MORE
Ex-U-High coach Burk gets AD post at Chatham Glenwood
Former University High football coach Dusty Burk has been named the new athletic director at Chatham Glenwood High School, according to the (Springfield) State Journal-Register.… MORE
CornBelters to host first job fair
If you are looking for summer work, the Normal CornBelters are looking for you.… MORE
Original March Madness tips off on WJBC tonight
WJBC will top-off the Original March Madness with the Boys Class 4A Regionals tonight.… MORE
Thunder goalie Lavigne earns USHL Goaltender of the Week honors
Bloomington Thunder goaltender Hayden Lavigne (University of Michigan) earned his second recognition as the United States Hockey League’s Goaltender of the Week Monday afternoon. … MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 29, 2016
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Dan Muller Show, Sportstalk on WJBC tonight
WJBC has an Arch Madness preview tonight in the final Dan Muller Show of the season at Pub II in Normal.… 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…