The top high school basketball players in Illinois will converge on Pontiac this Saturday for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games.… MORE
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The top high school basketball players in Illinois will converge on Pontiac this Saturday for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games.… MORE
High school baseball in Illinois adjusted to a new pitch count policy this season and an IHSA administrator said the rule is here to stay.… MORE
By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington-Normal Sports Commission has announced the nominees for its annual student athlete awards. The Female Athlete of the Year nominees are Grace Feeney of El-Paso Gridley, Alyssa Frazier of Normal Community and Ellie Weltha of Bloomington. The Male Athlete of the Year nominees are Peyton Dillingham of Normal West,…… MORE
As someone who grew up in Heyworth, George Van Winkle knows how big it is to take a Heyworth Hornets team to the state finals.… MORE
John Szabo has coached the Bloomington High School boys track team for one-third of its 105-year history, so consider him more qualified than anyone to provide historical perspective on his 2017 team.… MORE
If March Madness is a term that explains how a team can inexplicably transform and emerge from nowhere for a postseason run, then the University High School girls soccer team has discovered May Madness.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.
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The state basketball tournament could be undergoing some significant changes over the next several years.… 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…