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Posted on October 28, 2017

Normal Community will open the IHSA Class 7A playoffs today against Downers Grove North. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)

WJBC 1230 AM:

12:00 p.m. Football – Illinois State at Youngstown State

WJBC.com:

12:45 p.m. Football – Downers Grove North at Normal Community (7A playoffs, 1st round) Listen live here
12:45 p.m. Football – Illinois Wesleyan at Elmhurst Listen live here
1:45 p.m. Football – Blue Island Eisenhower at Normal West (6A playoffs, 1st round) Listen live here
1:45 p.m. Football – Beardstown at Central Catholic (3A playoffs, 1st round) Listen live here
2:45 p.m. Football – South Macoupin at Tri-Valley (2A playoffs, 1st round) Listen live here
2:45 p.m. Hockey – Dubuque at Central Illinois Listen live here

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…