WJBC 1230 AM 7:00 p.m. Basketball – Illinois Wesleyan at Washington U (St. Louis) Listen live here… MORE
Free survival kit app helps drivers in need during winter season
It’s that time of year — time to get the car, and perhaps your teen driver, ready for the winter. But because this is 2016, there’s an app for that.… MORE
Associated Press tabs Spelman as All-American
Illinois State senior center Mark Spelman earned the first All-America honor of his career, when the Associated Press named him a third-team selection on its 2016 Associated Press FCS All-America Team.… MORE
Twin Cities housing sales still ahead of 2015
The Bloomington-Normal housing market continues to pace ahead of 2015.… MORE
Hometown Military News: Dec. 16, 2016
Hometown Military News for Dec. 16, 2016:… MORE
Bloomington commission strikes down first Renner ballot challenge
Bloomington mayor Tari Renner has survived the first of two legal challenges to his nominating petitions in his re-election bid.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Post-election
The last forum I did was the day before the election.… MORE
B-N Police Blotter: Thu. Dec. 15, 2015
A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus.… MORE
Elections board says summer hack did not affect outcome of state’s elections
While the CIA said hacking of national Democratic operatives’ emails may have impacted the outcome of the presidential elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections said a summertime hack on their database didn’t.… MORE
Jury sides with Bloomington in wrongful termination lawsuit
A former Bloomington police department worker has lost lawsuit with the city over her firing in 2011.… 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…