Illinois State senior guard Paris Lee and junior forward MiKyle McIntosh are both 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason First Team selections, and the Redbirds are picked to finish second in the league, according to the MVC Preseason Poll as compiled from votes by MVC sports information directors, media and coaches.… MORE
Illinois State’s Courtney Pence has been named the Missouri Valley Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.… MORE
Illinois State basketball forward Deontae Hawkins is suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. … MORE
Ashley Rosch was the big winner, taking home three awards, while the Illinois State men’s track and field and cross country teams were also well represented, as Ryan Rutherford and J.D. LaFayette also took home hardware at The Reggies Sunday night as Illinois State celebrated the success of its student-athletes during the 2015-16 academic year at the annual academic excellence awards ceremony, sponsored by State Farm.… MORE
The Illinois State soccer team (11-5-2, 4-0-1 MVC) pulled off the win in the last seven minutes at Evansville Sunday in the 2-1 victory over the Purple Aces (4-11-1, 3-2-0).… MORE
Despite a late fourth quarter touchdown by Christian Gibbs to bring Illinois State within a field goal of South Dakota, the Coyotes came out on top defeating the Redbirds, 27-24 Saturday afternoon… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team scored the first 10 points of the match Friday against Bradley and never looked back, as the Redbirds swept the Braves 3-0 at Renaissance Coliseum.… MORE
After a slow start, the Illinois State soccer team (10-5-2, 3-0-1 MVC) swept Kansas State (4-9-3), 2-0, with two late goals in the second half at Adelaide Street Field Thursday night.… MORE
Illinois State’s Kelli Zickert and Paige Jarsombeck have been named the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, following standout performances last week on the road against Loyola and Drake.… MORE
A home-and-home series with Big Sky Conference foe Northern Arizona completes the 2017 football schedule for Illinois State, it was announced Tuesday.… 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…