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CornBelters split doubleheader at Evansville
The Normal CornBelters split a doubleheader with the Evansville Otters on Thursday night at Bosse Field, winning the opener 5-4 in eight innings while falling 3-2 in the nightcap on a walk-off home run.
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Homers beat Chiefs on Wednesday
The Peoria Chiefs allowed two home runs and fell to the Burlington Bees 4-2 Wednesday night in Iowa.… MORE
Myers announces 2016 Illinois State volleyball schedule
Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers announced her team’s 2016 schedule Wednesday.… MORE
Miller named to Freshman All-American baseball team
Illinois State freshman shortstop Owen Miller has been named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, the newspaper Collegiate Baseball announced Tuesday.… MORE
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Chiefs sweep Bees in doubleheader
The Peoria Chiefs swept a double header from the Burlington Bees on Tuesday winning both games 4-2, the first in extra-innings. … MORE
CornBelters’ Fish named Frontier League Player of Week
he Normal CornBelters have received their second Frontier League weekly honor as Mike Fish has been named the circuit’s Player of the Week.… MORE
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CornBelters explode in 7th to take 3rd straight series
The Normal CornBelters unknotted a tie with a seven-run seventh inning to defeat the Windy City ThunderBolts 10-3 on Sunday at the Corn Crib and win their third straight series.… 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…