The Illinois State women’s basketball team used a complete team effort to produce its best three-game start in six years, as the Redbirds (2-1) took care of business with a 77-56 victory over Valparaiso (1-2) Saturday on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs are headed to the IHSA Class 2A State Championship Game after defeating Annawan-Wethersfield 34-7 in Kewanee Saturday afternoon. … MORE
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The Illinois State volleyball team won the first set but dropped the next three as visiting Northern Iowa grabbed a 3-1 win over the Redbirds Friday night at Redbird Arena. UNI won by scores of 25-21, 14-25, 14-25, 21-25.… MORE
Illinois State soccer’s historic season came to a close Friday night with a 3-1 loss to Duke University. … MORE
Mitchell Mattson is the biggest player on the Bloomington Thunder roster and he came up big for the Thunder on Friday night to help increase their winning streak to five games.… MORE
Andy Stempel led four Titans in double figures with 19 points as Illinois Wesleyan defeated Webster, 82-59, in the opening round of the Tip-Off Tournament at Shirk Center.… MORE
University High School’s girls’ basketball team refused to allow injuries to its top two players last year make shambles of the season.… MORE
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Illinois State men’s basketball great Doug Collins will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame during an enshrinement ceremony Friday, Nov. 18, beginning at 8 p.m. CT, at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City, Missouri.… 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…