Illinois State’s Paige Jarsombeck has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, following standout performances last week at No. 24 Northwestern and at home against North Dakota, the Valley announced Tuesday.… MORE
A 9-7 win over FBS foe Northwestern on the road last Saturday catapulted the Illinois State football team into the Top 5 of every national poll Monday, a jump of nearly five spots on each list.… MORE
The Illinois State offensive line set the tempo in Saturday’s 9-7 victory over Big Ten foe Northwestern, and right guard Cameron Lee was instrumental in the Redbirds’ success up front against the Wildcats.… MORE
The Illinois State soccer team (3-5-0) came off with a win Sunday at Adelaide Street Field against North Dakota (1-5-2).… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds earned their first football win over a Big Ten Conference school with a 9-7 victory at Northwestern.… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team registered two new entries in the team’s record book in its straight-sets win over Tennessee Tech Saturday at Middle Tennessee’s Blue Raider Bash at Alumni Memorial Gym.… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team bounced back from an afternoon loss to Seton Hall with a sweep of Middle Tennessee Friday night at the Blue Raider Bash at Alumni Memorial Gym.… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team made a late comeback bid but couldn’t overcome a slow start against Seton Hall in both teams’ first match at Middle Tennessee’s Blue Raider Bash Friday at Alumni Memorial Gym.… MORE
The Illinois State soccer teams fell to No. 24 Northwestern, 1-0, Thursday night at Lanny & Sharon Martin Stadium.… MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team learned of its 18-game Missouri Valley Conference schedule, it was announced Tuesday by the league. … 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…