Ellie Weltha (Bloomington Softball and Track & Field) and Nathan Lavender (El Paso-Gridley Baseball)… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Athlete of the Week
WJBC Athletes of the Week: May 8, 2018
Ellie Weltha (Bloomington Softball) and Tate Walcott (Lexington Track and Baseball)… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Apr. 30, 2018
Maddie Roop (U-High Softball) and McCade Brown (Normal West Baseball)… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Apr. 24, 2018
Ellie Weltha (Bloomington Track and Field) and Franky West (Normal Community Track and Field)… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Apr. 16, 2018
Kelise Johnson (Bloomington Track and Field) and Austin Collinson (Normal West Baseball)… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Apr. 10, 2018
Lauren Shanks (Central Catholic soccer) and Nick Hall (Bloomington baseball)… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Apr. 2, 2018
WJBC, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week. Annie Hollins – Normal West Soccer Annie scored four goals in a 7-0 Intercity tournament win over Bloomington. McCade Brown – Normal West Baseball McCade struck out 13 hitters in a 9-8 win at Fairhope,…… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Mar. 26, 2018
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week. Izzy Vetter – Central Catholic Softball Izzy struck out 15 and gave up just one hit in a 1-0 win over Normal West, one day after hitting two homers with five RBIs in a…… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Mar. 19, 2018
AM 1230 WJBC, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week. Maddie Boucher – U-High Softball Maddie collected four hits and drove in six runs while earning the win in relief in a 22-8 victory over Galesburg. Colin McCubbins – Heyworth Basketball Colin was…… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: Mar. 12, 2018
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week. Abby Feit – Normal Community Basketball Abby was a unanimous selection to the Big 12 Conference first team. Zach Bradford – Bloomington Track and Field Zach cleared 18 feet, one-half inch to win the…… MORE
Blogs
WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud
At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.
WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise
On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.
WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress
One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.
WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers
By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…