Coming off their first ranked win of the season, the 16th-ranked Redbirds (6-2, 4-1 MVFC) picked up right where they left off, topping No. 21 Youngstown State (3-5, 1-4 MVFC) Saturday in commanding 35-0 fashion at Stambaugh Stadium in rainy Youngstown, Ohio.… MORE
Brandon Bauer threw four touchdown passes as Illinois Wesleyan scored 40 unanswered points in a 47-15 win over Elmhurst at Langhorst Field.… MORE
The high school football playoffs are underway with most area squads squaring off Saturday afternoon. … MORE
Champion Fields in Normal will again host national championship softball.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said his team is well aware it controls its own destiny for a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship with two games left.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan was selected to win the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s basketball title this season.… MORE
It apparently takes a lot to impress Brock Spack.… MORE
Defending regular season Missouri Valley Conference champion Illinois State has been picked to finish fourth in the MVC Preseason Basketball Poll while the Redbird women are picked for seventh in the Valley, the conference announced on Tuesday morning.… MORE
There will be no hockey in Bloomington this weekend as the Central Illinois Flying Aces have been formed to delay their home opener again.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… 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…