The McLean County Museum of History invites you to their 30th Annual and FINAL Evergreen Cemetery Walk on the first two weekends of October 2024!… MORE
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Bruegala in Paradise!
The Bloomington-Normal Jaycees aren’t quite ready for Summer to be over with… which is why they’re bringing tropical fun to Downtown Bloomington with Bruegala in Paradise!… MORE
COUNTRY Financial: The Next 100 Years
COUNTRY Financial is celebrating 100-years in our community! … MORE
Volleypalooza 2024: Sand Volleyball Tournament for Charity
Join us for the 3rd Annual Volleypalooza, a multi-venue sand volleyball tournament to benefit local charities!… MORE
Bring the Kids to Day of the Dozer on September 7
Day of the Dozer returns to Bloomington again for some good, dirty fun for the kids. … MORE
2024 St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon
Join us Saturday September 14, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, for the St. Jude Walk/Run and We Care Half Marathon, to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.… MORE
Join us at the 2024 Susan G. Komen MORE THAN PINK Walk
Susan G. Komen is bringing the MORE THAN PINK Walk back to Bloomington-Normal on September 7 and they’re asking you to join their fight against breast cancer.… MORE
Nominate a Laborer of the Year
WJBC and the Midwest Laborer are looking for our 2022 Laborer of the Year. Know a laborer deserving of recognition? Nominate them today!… MORE
Join US for FREE 2024 ISU Community Movie Night
Bring the whole family for FREE to the 2024 Illinois State University (ISU) Community Movie night at Hancock Stadium… MORE
Ditch Work and go to St. Louis With us on August 22
WJBC is skipping out of work on Thursday, August 22nd to go watch some baseball in St. Louis and we want you to go with us!… 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…