WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Corn Belt battle highlights Week 7 of high school football
A battle for the runner-up spot in the Corn Belt Conference highlights Week 7 of the WJBC Country Financial High School Football Extravaganza.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Oct. 5, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC Intercity Football Player of the Week: Oct. 2
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to announce the Intercity Football Player of the Week. Telly Arrington – Bloomington Telly rushed 18 times for 250 yards and three touchdowns in the first Purple Raiders win of the season, a 69-20 victory over Peoria Manual on Saturday afternoon. Congratulations!… MORE
Bloomington runs over Manual
By Greg Halbleib Bloomington High School broke through after a close first quarter and captured its first win of the 2015 football season with a 69-20 victory over Manual on Saturday afternoon at Peoria Stadium. Telly Arrington rushed 18 times for 250 yards and three touchdowns to lead the victorious Purple Raiders, who compiled 490…… MORE
NCHS sees Big 12 win streak snapped
Week Six of the WJBC Country Financial High School Football Extravaganza had the Normal schools falling to a pair of Peoria schools, while the intercity Corn Belt conference teams were victorious.… MORE
Battle of Big 12 leaders highlights Week 6 of prep football
First place in the Big 12 Conference is on the line as the co-leaders battle in the highlight contest of Week 6’s WJBC Country Financial High School Football Extravaganza.… MORE
WJBC Intercity Football Player of the Week: Sept. 25, 2015
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to present the Intercity Football Player of the Week. Dante Ruffin – Normal West Ruffin captures the award for the second straight week, besting the previous weeks four-touchdown performance by hitting the end zone five times (four rush, one pass), all in the first half…… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Sept. 28, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week: … MORE
Bloomington at NCHS; Thunder opener on WJBC tonight
A long-time Intercity rivalry highlights Week 5 of the high school football season.… 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…