By Adam Studzinski CHICAGO – About 5 million Chicago Cubs fans packed into the city’s downtown and Grant Park Friday to celebrate the team’s first World Series championship in 108 years. Most fans said it was still hard to believe the Cubs had finally ended the historic drought. Jeff Ransdell was one of them. “I…… MORE
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The Illinois State soccer team has won four out of five Missouri Valley Conference specialty awards and 11 all-conference accolades.… MORE
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The Illinois State women’s basketball team raced out to a 9-0 lead and never looked back, as the Redbirds cruised to a 64-46 exhibition victory Tuesday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
University High School celebrated the school’s second state title in two weeks Monday with an assembly for the boys’ soccer team, which won the Class 1A state championship over the weekend at East Peoria.… MORE
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WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal, Clay Dooley Tire and Auto and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Illinois State senior center Mark Spelman and his teammates took charge of the running game and helped the Redbirds take a 14-0 lead and never look back in a victory over No. 7 South Dakota State on Saturday.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Ron Smith Printing, is proud to present the Intercity Football Player of the Week.
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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…