The Illinois State football program is ranked right where it was at the end of the historic 2014 campaign, as the Redbirds were picked No. 2 in the preseason FCS Coaches Poll announced Wednesday.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Coprich apologizes for arrest earlier this year
Illinois State’s star running back wants to focus solely on football season and not on the arrest that sidelined him briefly in April.… MORE
Cutler: Bears doing good job picking up new offense
The Chicago Bears wrapped up day six of training camp Wednesday in Bourbonnais.… MORE
Ex-ISU, CCHS star Highland looks to make New Orleans Saints’ roster
First he made it to training camp, now he’s trying to make it a career in the National Football League.… MORE
CornBelters slug 8 homers in record-setting win
The Normal CornBelters set a team record for runs and hits in a single game and tied several individual league marks in a 24-10 wind-blown win over the Rockford Aviators on Sunday afternoon at Aviators Stadium.… MORE
Cardinals against host Rockies, CornBelters face Aviators on road
Lance Lynn makes the trip to the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Colorado Rockies at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.… MORE
New tool could change the way you choose an electricity provider
There’s a new tool to compare electricity rates between alternative and major suppliers in Illinois.… MORE
State Farm seeks to sell ‘underutilized’ building
A building State Farm Insurance Cos. has occupied for the last quarter century is on the market.… MORE
Cardinals, new slugger Moss host Rockies on WJBC tonight
The St. Louis Cardinals and their new acquisition Brandon Moss will open a four-game weekend series against the Colorado Rockies at Busch Stadium.… MORE
IWU’s Kelley named to kicker watch list
Illinois Wesleyan senior Michael Kelley is one of 41 placekickers from 26 states on the “Watch List” for the 2015 Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award for college football.… 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…