Category Archives: Opinion

(WJBC file photo)By Laurie BergnerI started writing forums for WJBC way back in 2002! One of the very first forums I wrote was one I got skewered for by the listening audience, who called in to call m...

(Photo courtesy Facebook/Circus.IllinoisState)By Pamela SweetwoodOn Saturday I took advantage of two community activities that I encourage others to partake in next year.Gamma Phi Circus, one of two c...

(WJBC file photo) By Mike Matejka This weekend the "Crusin' with Lincoln Route 66 Visitors' Center" opens in downtown Bloomington, on the lower level of the McLean County Museum of History, the histor...

By Bill Fike (This forum is for men over 50 years of age.) I am hesitant in discussing my own health situation, but after speaking recently to so many friends, about what seems to be an epidemic ...

(WJBC file photo) By Pamela Sweetwood Main Street in Normal is a frequent path I take – either to stop at one of the many businesses or as a means to get elsewhere. I was disappointed Potbelly a...

This is Pamela Sweetwood for WJBCs forum. Main Street in Normal is a frequent path I take – either to stop at one of the many businesses or as a means to get elsewhere.I was disappointed Po...

(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By David Stanczak The only positive thing about Tari Renner’s electronic meltdown last week is that it’s given people something else to talk about besides the cold F...

(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Camille Taylor How are unions, black history, and Governor Rauner related? Both my husband and I had grandfathers who worked for the railroad. My husband’s grandfather ...

(WJBC file photo) By Mike Matejka Governor Rauner is certainly shaking things up in Springfield, particularly with his decision this past Tuesday that state workers represented by a union no longer ha...

By Dale Avery February is Black History month, but this recognition only began in 1976.  Prior to Black History Month being designated, it was preceded by Negro History week created when historia...