He’s considered one of the legends of Illinois Wesleyan athletics even though many of you might not have known him.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
CornBelters homer twice to pull away from ThunderBolts
The Normal CornBelters broke a four-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Windy City ThunderBolts on Saturday night at Standard Bank Stadium. … MORE
Cornbelters fall in first game after break
The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, dropped the first game back from the All-Star break to the host Windy City ThunderBolts 4-2… MORE
Chiefs can’t score; fall to Lansing
The Peoria Chiefs got seven hits on Friday but failed to score in a 3-0 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts in the 1000th game scheduled at Dozer Park since it opened in 2002. … MORE
Heartland Community College names new baseball, men’s soccer coaches
By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Two new coaches have been named for Heartland Hawks baseball and men’s soccer. Brian Furlong will lead the HCC baseball team and Jonathan Titzel will head men’s soccer. Furlong comes to Heartland from Creighton University where he served as the director of baseball operations and most recently as pitching coach.…… MORE
Brown satisfied with Trials performance
Downs native and Tri-Valley High School graduate Stephanie Brown just completed an experience of a lifetime.… MORE
CornBelters’ Gillies named Frontier League Pitcher of the Week
The Normal CornBelters have been awarded their fourth weekly award of the season with the naming of Charlie Gillies as Frontier League Pitcher of the Week.… MORE
Brown finishes 10th in Trials
Downs native and Tri-Valley High School graduate Stephanie Brown came up short in her bid to make the 2016 United States Olympic team Sunday in Eugene, Ore.… MORE
CornBelters tie game in ninth but fall in extras
The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, tied the score in the bottom of the ninth, but gave up two runs in the twelfth to drop the second game of the series to the Freedom 6-4 on Saturday night. … MORE
Local swimmers making Waves
The Bloomington-Normal YMCA Waves program has been around awhile and has a storied history, but has perhaps never seen two rising stars quite like swimmers Grace Ariola, of Normal Community High School and Melissa Pish of Normal Community West High School.… 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…