The Peoria Chiefs scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 6-1 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits Wednesday night. The win moves the Chiefs back to .500 in the second half at 19-19 and they are 59-49 overall on the season.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters used a big fourth inning on the way to their sixth straight victory, 11-5 over the Joliet Slammers on Wednesday afternoon at Silver Cross Field.… MORE
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The Normal CornBelters broke a tie in the ninth inning to win their fifth straight game and stop a seven-game Joliet Slammers winning streak, 6-5 on Tuesday night at Silver Cross Field.
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The Peoria Chiefs gave up two big innings and fell to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 6-5 Tuesday night… MORE
The Illinois State men’s basketball team will play games against at least five 2016 Division I postseason qualifiers, including three NCAA Tournament teams, and five opponents who won 20 or more games last season as part of the Redbirds’ 2016-17 non-conference schedule.… MORE
Coming off a second-straight share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and an appearance in the FCS playoffs for the third time in the past four years, the Illinois State football team was picked to finish fourth in the 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll, announced Tuesday by the league office.… MORE
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The Illinois State women’s basketball team is slated to play an 11-game nonconference schedule, it was announced Monday by head coach Barb Smith. … MORE
The Peoria Chiefs allowed two runs in the first inning and lost to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 3-1 Monday night. With the loss the Chiefs fall to 18-18 in the second half and 58-48 overall on the season with two games left in the series. … 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…