By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – Norm Eash returns 10 starters on offense and nine on defense next season, so the 27-year head football coach at Illinois Wesleyan University figured he’d be best to focus on quality over quantity in the Titans’ 2015 recruiting class. “We were one step away from having a great season last…… MORE
Illinois State’s record-setting running back Marshaun Coprich faces a drug charge following his arrest last week. … MORE
The Illinois State baseball team used a nine-run sixth inning to earn a 13-4 win in the rubber match of a three-game series at Bradley Sunday at Dozer Park.… MORE
By Eric Stock DALLAS – Former Central Catholic and University of Illinois standout Josh Brent has announced his retirement from the National Football League for a second time. Brent attempted a comeback with the Dallas Cowboys last season after serving five months in jail on an intoxication manslaughter charge. He was found guilty in the…… MORE
Four 2015 NCAA Tournament teams and at least two National Invitation Tournament qualifiers highlight the Illinois State men’s basketball program’s 2015-16 non-conference schedule.… MORE
The seventh-seeded Illinois State softball team is moving on to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinals after defeating third-seeded Northern Iowa, 8-2, Thursday night in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
The Illinois State softball team defeated Bradley, 11-7, in a slugfest to win its opening round Missouri Valley Conference Tournament game Thursday in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
Wednesday evening’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament banquet was a time of celebration for the Illinois State softball team as six players were named to the All-MVC Teams.… MORE
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan University has named Mike Wagner the successor to retiring athletic director Dennie Bridges. LISTEN: WJBC’s Dan Swaney talks with new IWU Athletic Director Mike Wagner. Wagner has been second-in-command in IWU athletics since 2004 and has been working at Wesleyan since 1992. He has been the event coordinator…… MORE
Illinois State athletics director Larry Lyons said having so many football players sign free agent contracts has to help coach Brock Spack recruit top talent.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…