Stef Jankiewicz was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, while Jaelyn Keene and Courtney Pence took home All-MVC First-Team honors, the league announced in its annual postseason awards presentation Thursday at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Central Illinois Regional Airport will host the Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor this year.… MORE
Lawmakers passed bills, took classes and made endorsed statements saying the culture of sexual harassment in Springfield was on its way to finally being addressed. But others say it wasn’t near enough to persuade victims to come forward.… MORE
The 2018 election ballots in Illinois could look different after a judge ruled in favor of removing a law critics say is protectionism.… MORE
Corn production in Illinois is slightly behind pace this year, with 95 percent of the crop harvested statewide as of the middle of November, a couple percentage points below average.… MORE
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Illinois State University is looking to share some history and spread positivity around campus.… MORE
A sexual harassment lawsuit against former state Treasurer Dan Rutherford was dismissed in federal court on Wednesday. … MORE
A woman was killed in Logan County last night in a two-car crash that tied up traffic in Interstate 55 for more than five hours overnight. … MORE
Illinois State jumped out quickly and early against the Quincy Hawks on Wednesday evening, leading wire-to-wire in the 2017-18 home opener for the Redbirds. … 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…