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Grizzlies roll past CornBelters
The Normal CornBelters fell behind early to drop game two of the series 16-3 to the Gateway Grizzlies Wednesday night at the Corn Crib.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Stewart on the rise
At his current pace, former Illinois State and Normal West High School product Brock Stewart is on a fast track to the big leagues.… MORE
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Chastain, Fulk named McLean County’s top student athletes
The Bloomington-Normal Area Sports Commission hosted the 9th annual State Farm Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet on Tuesday at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Bloomington.… MORE
Harmon, Rosch nominated for NCAA Woman of Year
Illinois State senior Ashley Rosch and recent Illinois Wesleyan University graduate Jill Harmon have been nominated for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year Award.… MORE
Spack names Dicken, Clark co-offensive coordinators
Illinois State head football coach Brock Spack made a decision on his vacant offensive coordinator position Tuesday, and announced the assistant coaches Billy Dicken and Dan Clark will share the duties for the upcoming season.… MORE
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CornBelters’ Meadows named Frontier League Player of Week
The Normal CornBelters have received their third Frontier League Player of the Week honor of the season as right fielder Nolan Meadows has earned the latest award.… MORE
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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…