The final Corn Belt Conference title will be decided in the highlight of Week 8 of the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Central Catholic promotes assistant to head softball coach
A former assistant for Central Catholic High School softball is the program’s new head coach.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Oct. 10, 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
WJBC Intercity Football Player of the Week
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to present the Intercity Football Player of the Week.… MORE
NCHS, Central secure playoff berths
Normal Community and Central Catholic secured berths in the state football playoffs with victories Friday night, while Bloomington and Normal West kept their hopes alive.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Oct. 3, 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
WJBC Intercity Football Player of the Week
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to present the Intercity Football Player of the Week.… MORE
West tops BHS, Intercity squads post football wins
A back-and-forth affair highlighted the Week 6 high school football schedule on Friday night as Normal West beat visiting Bloomington.… MORE
Bloomington, Normal West fight for playoff hopes
The final intercity match-up of the regular season highlights Week 6 of high school football.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Sept. 26, 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.
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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…