Former Illinois State basketball star and Olympian Charlotte Lewis was selected as one of six inductees in the 20th Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame class, revealed by MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin Wednesday.… MORE
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Lefty’s Corner: ISU developing depth on defense
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack’s message was clear and to the point Wednesday at the team’s annual media day festivities at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
IWU tabbed seventh in CCIW mens soccer poll
The Illinois Wesleyan men’s soccer team was selected to finish seventh in the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s soccer standings according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced Wednesday, August 10.… MORE
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Stone named IWU men’s tennis coach
Former Division III tennis player Benjamin Stone has been hired as the new men’s tennis coach at Illinois Wesleyan University.… MORE
CornBelters fall to Miners in back-and-forth contest
The Normal CornBelters tied a back-and-forth game in the fifth inning but then failed to put another runner on base in a 4-3 loss to the Southern Illinois Miners on Tuesday night at Rent One Park.… MORE
Chiefs score 6 in 9th to stun Kernels
The Peoria Chiefs scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally past the Cedar Rapids Kernels for an 8-6 series finale win on Tuesday night. … MORE
IWU names Tiffany Prager head softball coach
The recipient of a number of honors as a player at Illinois State and a former assistant coach at Illinois Wesleyan, Tiffany Prager has been chosen as IWU’s next head softball coach, athletic director Mike Wagner announced today.… MORE
Highland back with New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are giving former Illinois State long snapper Chris Highland a second shot.… MORE
CCIW picks Titans number one in volleyball
Illinois Wesleyan has been picked to win the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) volleyball title according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced on Tuesday. … 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…