Illinois State Director of Athletics Larry Lyons announced the hiring of Dwight Merilatt as Executive Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs Tuesday. Merilatt will officially join the department’s athletic leadership team on July 29.… MORE
Illinois State head women’s basketball coach Barb Smith named Brittney Marshall the coordinator of basketball operations.… MORE
Illinois State’s Ryan Koziol has signed a free agent contract with Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants.… MORE
Senior Jianna Williams earned First-Team All-America honors, after she finished seventh in the women’s hammer throw with a mark of 62.89 meters (206-04) at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday.… MORE
For the most part, Illinois State basketball coach Dan Muller likes the new rules that have been adopted for the upcoming season.… MORE
Illinois State’s Will Headean has been selected in 13th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.… MORE
Illinois State baseball Redshirt Junior infielder/catcher has been selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the MLB Draft.… MORE
Anderson Devonish and jianna Williams both had goals of qualifying for the NCAA Track and Field Championships this week in Eugene, Ore.… MORE
WJBC’s Tim Lewis and Dick Luedke will be talking to Illinois State coaches Dan Muller, Brock Spack and many more at Buffalo Wind Wings in Bloomington today.… MORE
Illinois State athletics director Larry Lyons said senior running back Marshaun Coprich is paying a price for a drug arrest last month.… 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…