By WJBC Staff The St. Louis Cardinals and Phillies play the second of their four-game series tonight at Busch Stadium. Michael Wacha takes his 3-and-0 record to the mound for St. Louis, while rookie Severino Gonzalez will make his major league debut for Philadelphia. WJBC 1230 AM will have the play-by-play at 7:05 p.m. Tim…… MORE
NORMAL – Missouri State rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tie as the No. 15 Bears took a 7-4 win in the rubber match of a three-game Missouri Valley Conference series Sunday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack concluded spring camp with a defensive-minded Spring Showcase on Saturday at Hancock Stadium. (WJBC file photo) By Mike Williams/ISU Athletics Media Relations A 31-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter by Sean Slattery lifted the Red Team to a 3-0 victory over the White Team Saturday in the…… MORE
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Jeremy Ballard knows what it takes to reach the NCAA Tournament. An assistant coach at VCU for the past three seasons, Ballard aided in three-straight trips to The Big Dance. He has now committed to help Illinois State continue its upward trajectory, as ISU head men’s basketball coach Dan…… MORE
By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois High School Association is considering limiting the amount of full contact practice time allowed during football season. The group’s Board of Directors discussed the rules on Tuesday. Assistant Executive Director Kurt Gibson said if the rules pass, beginning week one of the season, teams would only be able…… MORE
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Coming off the most memorable season in Illinois State football history, the Redbirds and 2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference Coach of the Year Brock Spack will look to put together another title run in 2015 when they officially open the 11-game season on Sept. 5 in Iowa City, Iowa, against…… MORE
The Illinois State softball team split a pair of games against Louisville Monday afternoon.… MORE
ST. LOUIS – A high shooting performance by Illinois State in the first half against Northern Iowa staked ISU to a 14-point lead over UNI at halftime. However, a reversal of fortunes in the secon…… MORE
Illinois State looks to win the Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournament today.… MORE
Wisconsin-Stevens Point's lockdown defense prevailed in the second half as Illinois Wesleyan managed just three points in the final 8:45 in UWSP's 70-53 win.… 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…