Seven athletes from Intercity high schools will sign national letters of intent today to continue their careers at Division I colleges.… MORE
Category Archives: High School Sports
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Feb. 2, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Normal Community dominates in win over Pekin
The Normal Community Ironmen continued their winning ways on Tuesday night, going to 19-1 on the year, with a 56-39 blowout of the Pekin Dragons in Normal.… MORE
Normal Community hoops on WJBC tonight
High School basketball returns to the WJBC airwaves tonight at state-ranked Normal Community plays host to the Pekin Dragons in a non-conference battle at Ironmen Gym.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Jan. 26, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Central Catholic to induct 3 into its Athletic Hall of Fame
Central Catholic High School plans to induct three new members into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Jan. 19, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
IHSA’s Hickman to retire in 2016
He's been executive director of the Illinois High School Association since 2001, but Marty Hickman has decided the time is right for him to call it quits.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Jan. 12, 2015
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is again proud to present the High School Athletes of the Week.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Jan. 5, 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…