After nearly a two-hour delay, the Illinois State softball team earned its first win of the season by defeating Delaware, 19-13 at the USF Softball Stadium Saturday night into early Sunday morning. The two teams logged 31 hits in the nearly three-hour battle.… MORE
Illinois State never trailed in a 64-50 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Bradley in front of 9,380 fans Saturday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. With the win, ISU swept the I-74 Rivalry series for the third-straight season.… MORE
Brady Rose matched a career high with 25 points and Illinois Wesleyan connected on 55 percent from the field in a 90-78 win over Carthage at Tarble Arena. … MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team was defeated by first-place Drake, 101-49, Friday evening in Missouri Valley Conference action inside the Knapp Center.… MORE
WJBC 1230 AM: 5 p.m. – Basketball (women) – Illinois Wesleyan at Carthage Listen live here 5 p.m. – Basketball – Illinois Wesleyan at Carthage Listen live here 0 p.m. Basketball – Bradley at Illinois State Listen live here … MORE
The Illinois State softball team dropped a pair of games to No. 6 Michigan and No. 4 Florida on the second day of the USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament.… MORE
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The Illinois State softball team led No. 25 South Florida, up until the final pitch of the game when the Bulls’ Bethany Keen sent a two-run homer to left, finalizing the score at 5-4.… MORE
Youngstown scored on the power play with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to tip Bloomington, 4-3, on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.… MORE
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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…