Fresh off a senior day victory over Evansville, the Illinois State women’s basketball team will look to hold onto the No. 7 spot in the Missouri Valley Conference standing with a strong finish in its final two games of the regular season at Wichita State and Missouri State this weekend.… MORE
Redbird fans can gather at Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis before watching their team play in the Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournament.… MORE
Illinois State’s MiKyle McIntosh and Nick Banyard earned Specialty Awards for their play during the Missouri Valley Conference season, the league office announced Wednesday.… MORE
Illinois State’s DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell earned second-team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors announced by the league office Tuesday. … MORE
Former University High football coach Dusty Burk has been named the new athletic director at Chatham Glenwood High School, according to the (Springfield) State Journal-Register.… MORE
WJBC has an Arch Madness preview tonight in the final Dan Muller Show of the season at Pub II in Normal.… MORE
The Texas Tech Red Raiders had the final say in a seesaw affair Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a two-RBI double in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in a 5-3 loss for the Illinois State softball team.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team found itself in a pitcher’s duel for the third time in as many days Sunday, but the Redbird offense was unable to provide the support for starter David Meade as Illinois State suffered a 3-1 loss to No. 9 Oregon at PK Park. Illinois State went 1-3 against the Ducks in the four-game series.… MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team trailed by as many as nine points in the second half before charging back to take down Evansville 65-59 on Senior Day at Redbird Arena.… MORE
The Texas Tech Red Raiders had the final say in a seesaw affair Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a two-RBI double in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in a 5-3 loss for the Illinois State softball team.… 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…