The Bloomington Thunder fought back from three separate deficits, including a two-goal deficit in the third period, on the way to a 5-4 shootout win over the Chicago Steel and a weekend sweep.… MORE
Special Olympics basketball provides lifetime thrills for players
Julie Smith of Bloomington’s SOAR basketball team said the Special Olympics division of the State Farm Holiday Basketball Classic, which concluded Friday at the Shirk Center, serves several purposes for the athletes.… MORE
New road laws taking effect in 2017
With the dawn of a new year comes the dawn of new laws enforced by the state, including laws for drivers.… MORE
Sports On Air
WJBC 1230 AM: Noon – Basketball – Illinois State at Loyola Listen live here 6:30 p.m. – Football – Green Bay at Detroit Listen live her… MORE
Annual Snowbird Open set for Sunday
Local golfers won’t have to wait long to play their first round of 2017.… MORE
Bloomington residents bring in new year with hopeful resolutions
As 2016 ends, residents of Bloomington are looking toward 2017 with hope in their New Year’s resolutions.… MORE
Another Holiday Classic wraps up
The wraps have been put on another successful year for the State Farm Holiday Basketball Classic.… MORE
Titans cruise to third place in ‘Tournament of Heroes’
The Titans were able to take the lessons they learned after losing a 13 point lead Thursday, to take home third place Friday in the “Tournament of Heroes” in Staten Island.… MORE
Top Stories 2016: Cubs win World Series
There was no more ‘wait until next year’ for Chicago Cubs’ fans as the team long referred to as the “loveable losers” finally delivered their first World Championship in 108 years as we recap the Top Sports Stories of 2016.… MORE
ISBE remains confident schools will receive payments
The Illinois State Board of Education says schools should expect to see payments come through for buses and special education – eventually.… 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…