Bloomington High School’s boys basketball team still has two more games to play this season, but after hurdling a 42-year-old barrier, coach Micheal Mosley feels his team has relieved some of the pressure.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Bloomington High School earns long-awaited state finals berth
The Bloomington Purple Raiders clinched the boys basketball teams’ first state finals berth since 1975 with a convincing 69-46 win over Marengo in the Class 3A Super-Sectional at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: March 13, 2017
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
Central Catholic AD Atkins to retire
Central Catholic’s longtime coach and athletic director Doug Atkins is retiring this summer.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 27, 2016
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
A sign of success at Central Catholic after girls take 2nd
There’s a saying at Central Catholic High School that’s becoming all too common.… MORE
Central Catholic falls in 2A title game
Central Catholic held an All-State scorer in check for the second straight night, but the defending state champion Byron Tigers found other ways to score in rolling to a 55-32 win in the Class 2A Girls State Championship at Redbird Arena.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 20, 2017
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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WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 13, 2017
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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WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 6, 2017
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
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…