The Central Catholic Saints girls basketball team took down Flora 65-51 in the IHSA 2A Super Sectional at Millikin University's Griswold Center.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Redbird football signs JUCO wide receiver
Illinois State has announced the signing of junior college wide receiver Anthony Fowler, who signed a financial aid agreement with ISU over the weekend.… MORE
Central Catholic in supersectional tonight on WJBC
Central Catholic's Saints can march into the Class 2A state finals with a win tonight in the supersectional.… MORE
Birds can’t handle Missouri State on Senior Day
Lindsay Smith led the Illinois State women’s basketball team with a career-high 21 points, as four Redbirds recorded double-digit scoring performances in the 90-78 loss to Missouri State Sunday at Red… MORE
Knight scores 21, Redbirds roll Ramblers
ISU senior guard Daishon Knight scored a game high 21 points en route to Illinois State's 67-60 win over Loyola at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan dedicates Dennie Bridges Court, defeats Elmhurst
Dennie Bridges' final game at Shirk Center as Illinois Wesleyan's athletic director ended the way so many have over his more than half century with the university – a decisive victory.… MORE
ISU basketball, baseball and softball all on tap Saturday on WJBC and WJBC.com
Illinois State's basketball team looks to move up in the Missouri Valley Conference standings when it entertains Loyola in a 7 p.m. game at Redbird Arena.… MORE
ISU Comes up Short against Wichita State, 46-41
The Illinois State womens basketball team came up short, after a strong second-half surge, falling to Wichita State, 46-41, Friday evening at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Saints battle back in Hoopeston Sectional Championship
Central Catholic took their first lead at the midway point of the first quarter, and battled back in the final quarter to give them a Sectional Championship win over Champaign St. Thomas More Thursday… MORE
Central Catholic girls sectional final on WJBC tonight
No strangers to late Feruary basketball, the Central Catholic girls will look to claim another sectional title tonight at Hoopeston.… 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…