Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said the team’s goals are still intact after suffering its first loss of the season to North Central on Saturday.… MORE
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Illinois State to replace main scoreboard in December
The Illinois State basketball teams hope to light up the scoreboard this season, but the Redbirds will be playing part of the season without their main scoreboard.… MORE
Illinois State baseball 2016 schedule released
Illinois State head baseball coach Bo Durkac unveiled his team’s 2016 schedule Tuesday, as the Redbirds prepare for their first game of the season less than four months away.… MORE
WJBC Intercity Football Player of the Week: Nov. 3
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to announce the Intercity Football Player of the Week. Ryan Zitkus – Central Catholic High School Ryan led the Saints with 12 tackles as they held DuQuoin to 65 yards in the second half in a 27-0 Class 3A first round playoff victory at Bill…… MORE
Schedule set for week 2 high school football playoffs
The Illinois High School Association football playoff schedule has been released for this weekend.… MORE
Tejada, Roberson named top ISU athletes at ‘Reggies’
Rachel Tejada and Tre Roberson won two of the seven awards conferred at The Reggies Sunday night, as Illinois State celebrated the success of its student-athletes during the 2014-15 academic year at the annual excellence awards ceremony.… MORE
Redbirds take down Drake 3-1
Ashley Rosch led a trio of Redbirds with 15 or more kills as Illinois State scored a 3-1 win over host Drake Saturday night at the Knapp Center. Illinois State won by scores of 25-15, 25-9, 20-25, 25-18.… MORE
Redbirds sneak past Sycamores, remain unbeaten in MVFC play
The Illinois State Redbirds football team needed 18 second half points to secure a 27-24 comeback victory over Indiana State in a Missouri Valley Football Conference contest at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
NCHS, Dee-Mack advance, U-High’s season ends
NCHS and Dee- Mack will see their seasons continue while U-High’s comes to an end. … MORE
High school football playoffs open Friday night
The road to DeKalb and Illinois high school football championships begins with post-season play on Friday and Saturday.… 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…