Central Catholic's Saints can march into the Class 2A state finals with a win tonight in the supersectional.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
Saints battle back in Hoopeston Sectional Championship
Central Catholic took their first lead at the midway point of the first quarter, and battled back in the final quarter to give them a Sectional Championship win over Champaign St. Thomas More Thursday… MORE
Central Catholic girls sectional final on WJBC tonight
No strangers to late Feruary basketball, the Central Catholic girls will look to claim another sectional title tonight at Hoopeston.… MORE
Normal Community takes down Mahomet Seymour
The Ironmen would take four 3 pointer's in the first quarter on their way to a 58-40 non-conference win in Normal to go to 25-1 on the year.… MORE
Normal West football team to play at Dozer Park
A yearly high school football event will be held at the home of the Peoria Chiefs baseball team.… MORE
Normal Community to host Mahomet Seymour on WJBC tonight
As Normal Community marches toward a Big Twelve basketball championship, the No. 6-ranked Ironmen will step out of league play to take on Mahomet-Seymour.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 16, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Saints win easily on road vs Olympia
The Central Catholic Saints cruised to a 65-44 victory Tuesday night with a dominant effort over Cornbelt Conference opponent Olympia.… MORE
Central Catholic vs. Olympia baskeball on WJBC
Central Catholic looks to stay in the hunt for a Corn Belt Conference championship as the Saints visit the Olympia Spartans tonight.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 9, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School 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…