The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal and The Child Protection Network have teamed up to go Over The Edge with a two day event held on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th. You can have the opportunity to rappel off the side of the Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel to raise money for the Boys and…… MORE
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and you can help raise awareness and funds to fight this terrible disease. Join WJBC at the annual St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer Saturday, September 21st. The event will be at Eastview Christian Church (1500 North Airport Rd.) in Normal. The money raised will benefit the kids of…… MORE
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Time to get your pint glasses ready for 2 days of beer, wine, and music at The Corn Crib in Normal!… MORE
Join the club today so you’ll be ready to text and win for great prizes!… MORE
The Sixth Annual “Sharin’ of the Green” Parade will be held in Uptown Normal Saturday, March 12th at 1p.m.… MORE
The Special Olympics Illinois Heartland/Area 6 eighth annual Holiday Dinner & Auction will be held Thursday, November 12 from 5:30-9 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton located at 10 Brickyard Drive in Bloomington. The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m., with cocktails, silent auction and music by the University High School Jazz Band. At 6:30…… MORE
WJBC is sending you on a scavenger hunt to win a seven night trip to the Riu Santa Fe in Los Cabos, Mexico! … MORE
Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion—most of it $1 at a time—for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it’s needed the most.… MORE
This will be a day different from any others. A day when thousands make an extraordinary impact. Step by step, we’ll race toward the end of breast cancer forever. Be a part. Sign up for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Walk or run for your mom, sister, wife, daughter or friend. Race for…… 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…