Category Archives: Local Sports

Redbird volleyball picked 3rd in MVC poll

Redbird volleyball picked 3rd in MVC poll

Posted on August 17, 2017

The Illinois State volleyball team was picked for a third-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches, while a pair of Redbirds earned preseason all-conference honors, the MVC announced Wednesday.… MORE

Redbird soccer picked to win MVC

Redbird soccer picked to win MVC

Posted on August 15, 2017

The Illinois State women’s soccer team received seven first-place tallies and 63 total points when voted as the top team in the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, as announced by the league Monday.… MORE

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

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.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

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…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

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…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

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…