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CornBelters end road trip on winning note
The Normal CornBelters ended a nine-game road trip with a 6-2 win over the Southern Illinois Miners on Thursday night at Rent One Park.… MORE
Sierra, O’Keefe leads Chiefs to win
The Peoria Chiefs built a seven-run lead and knocked off the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-4 on Thursday night in the opener of an eight-game homestand. … MORE
CornBelters hire Frontier League’s 1st female coach
The Frontier League finally has its first female coach in league history, and she was hired by the Normal CornBelters.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: ISU offense gearing up
Numbers can be deceiving. Just as Illinois State football coach Brock Spack.… MORE
Titan football picked third in CCIW for 7th straight year
For the seventh straight year, the Illinois Wesleyan football team has been picked to finish third in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) football standings according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced Thursday, August 11.… MORE
FCS coaches pick Redbirds No. 8 in preseason poll
The Illinois State football team joins three other Missouri Valley Football Conference teams ranked in the Top 10 of the FCS Coaches Poll, as the Redbirds were picked No. 8 in the first poll of the 2016 season.… MORE
IWU picked to defend CCIW women’s soccer title
Defending champion Illinois Wesleyan was picked to win the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s soccer title according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced Wednesday.… MORE
Miners explode in 5th inning to defeat CornBelters
The Normal CornBelters surrendered six runs in the fifth inning and lost their third straight game, 11-1 to the Southern Illinois Miners on Wednesday night at Rent One Park.… MORE
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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…