The Tri-Valley Vikings advance to the Class 2A state championship game in Dekalb as LeRoy’s season comes to an end at Arcola.… MORE
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The Tri-Valley Vikings advance to the Class 2A state championship game in Dekalb as LeRoy’s season comes to an end at Arcola.… MORE
Normal Community rallied from a 12 point deficit at halftime to defeat Central Catholic Friday in the 37th Annual Girls Intercity Basketball Tournament at Normal West.… MORE
WJBC tips off its coverage of high school basketball for the 2015-16 season with two games from the Intercity Girls Basketball Tournament at Normal West.… MORE
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
It’s a movie Central Catholic fans have seen before.… MORE
Central Catholic is the Class 2A state champion after defeating Orion 25-20, 25-21 Saturday afternoon at Redbird Arena.… MORE
By Greg Halbleib Central Illinois high school football is well represented in Saturday’s quarterfinal playoff round as six area squads remain alive. WJBC.com is providing play-by-play of three contests, Normal Community at Libertyville at 1 p.m., Deer Creek-Mackinaw at Tri-Valley at 2 p.m. and St. Joseph-Ogden at Central Catholic at 4 p.m. Click here to…… MORE
The Central Catholic volleyball squad celebrates after capturing a straight-set semifinal victory over Elmhurst Timothy Christian on Friday at Redbird Arena. (WJBC photo/Greg Halbleib) By Greg Halbleib Central Catholic volleyball has earned a spot in Saturday afternoon’s Class 2A state championship at Redbird Arena. The Saints advanced with a 25-22, 25-21 win over Elmhurst Timothy…… MORE
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
The schedule has been set for the Illinois High School Association football quarterfinals.… 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…