The Illinois Wesleyan men’s and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish second in the 2016-17 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin annual preseason coaches’ polls.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Redbirds prep for Valley leading SDSU
For coach Brock Spack and the Illinois State football team, “it’s been one of those seasons.”… MORE
Redbirds picked 2nd in MVC hoops, 2 named to All-Valley team
Illinois State senior guard Paris Lee and junior forward MiKyle McIntosh are both 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team selections, and the Redbirds are picked to finish second in the league, according to the MVC Preseason Poll as compiled from votes by MVC sports information directors, media and coaches.… MORE
Illinois State’s Hawkins suspended indefinitely
Illinois State basketball forward Deontae Hawkins is suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. … MORE
Shoemaker-Gilmore wins CCIW honor
For the second time this season, Illinois Wesleyan senior running back Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore has been named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin “Offensive Football Player of the Week.”… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Oct. 24, 2016
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Week 1 high school football playoff schedule
The schedule for week one of the high school football playoffs has been released.… MORE
Rosch, Rutherford, LaFayette, take top honors at ‘Reggies’
Ashley Rosch was the big winner, taking home three awards, while the Illinois State men’s track and field and cross country teams were also well represented, as Ryan Rutherford and J.D. LaFayette also took home hardware at The Reggies Sunday night as Illinois State celebrated the success of its student-athletes during the 2015-16 academic year at the annual academic excellence awards ceremony, sponsored by State Farm.… MORE
Local teams punch their tickets to IHSA playoffs
Several local teams found out where and who they will be playing in the first round of the IHSA playoffs next week. Below are the matchups separated by class.… MORE
Redbirds rout Ramblers
Led by the attack of middle blockers Jaelyn Keene and Ali Line, Illinois State swept Loyola on Saturday night at Gentile Arena. … 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…