Game Day with Adam Studzinski kicks off sports coverage today at noon on WJBC 1230 AM.… MORE
Game Day with Adam Studzinski kicks off sports coverage today at noon on WJBC 1230 AM.… MORE
After falling behind two sets to one, Illinois State (16-7, 6-4 MVC) battled back to force a fifth set, but ultimately fell to Wichita State (17-6, 8-1 MVC) 17-15 in the final set in front of a large crowd of 2,922 at Redbird Arena Friday night.… MORE
An Intercity match-up that ends a long coaching career highlights the final week of the local high school football season.… MORE
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack will preview Saturday’s homecoming game vs. Western Illinois when he joins WJBC’s Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz in the Schooners beer garden tonight for the Brock Spack Show.… MORE
Dan Swaney has your chance to win a trip for two on the Cancun Challenge! Listen to Dan from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm for him to play the Cancun basketball sounder. Call in to qualify. … MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team (16-6, 6-3) defeated Indiana State (14-10, 3-6) Tuesday night inside ISU Arena, 3-1. … MORE
There’s no way to go, but up for Illinois State’s women’s basketball team after last year’s 2-28 season and third-year coach Barb Smith believes she has the team to get the job done.… MORE
A champion for women in sports has passed away at the age of 86.… MORE
Another week, another ranked opponent for Illinois State’s No. 3 nationally ranked football team Saturday at Hancock Stadium in a 2 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference game.… MORE
Jaelyn Keene and Courtney Pence were both honored for their performances in this weekend’s pair of victories for the Illinois State volleyball team. Keene was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week and Pence was named MVC Defensive Player of the Week.… 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…