No, Normal West High School football coach Darren Hess insists he’s not crazy.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Countdown to Kickoff: Normal Community
It will all start with the offense for Normal Community High School’s football team this year and why not with the return of eight starters, including quarterback Grant Price.… MORE
Countdown to Kickoff: U High
After serving as defensive coordinator the past five years, Trevor Von Bruenchenhein takes over head football coaching duties at University High School and he can’t wait for Friday’s season opener at Washington.… MORE
Warrum added to CFPA Performer of Year watch list
Illinois State senior wide receiver Anthony Warrum was selected as one of 40 players from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to be named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) 2016 FCS National Performer of the Year Watch List by the organization Tuesday. … MORE
Countdown to Kickoff: Central Catholic
Central Catholic High School football coach Mike Moews will have 11 starters in the lineup Friday when the Saints open the season at home against Class 2A defending state champion Tri-Valley in a nonconference game.… MORE
Pro basketball returns to Bloomington after 1-year hiatus
The Midwest Professional Basketball Association is returning to U.S. Cellular Coliseum after a one-year hiatus.… MORE
Redbird volleyball counting on experience in ’16
Illinois State junior middle blocker Jaelyn Keene is embracing the captain role her teammates gave her.… MORE
Meadows homers twice, drives in 5 in CornBelters victory
The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, profited from two home runs and five RBIs from Nolan Meadows in a 7-2 win over the Southern Illinois Miners on Friday night at the Corn Crib.… MORE
ISU falls in season opener to Wisconsin
The Illinois State Soccer team allowed a goal in the third minute of its 2016 season opener with Wisconsin, but the Redbirds (0-1) played even with the Badgers (1-0) the rest of the way in a 1-0 defeat Friday night at Adelaide Street Field.… MORE
Titans looking for ‘One More Thing’ in 2016
The 2016 Illinois Wesylan football team is entering this seasons play with bringing back twenty of its seniors to bolster their offense and defense in the 2016 campaign. … 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…