Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muiller has announced the signing of D.J. Clayton, a 6-foot-6, 185-pound transfer guard from Palm Beach State College, who began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky.… MORE
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Chiefs win rain-shortened game at Beloit
The Peoria Chiefs scored early and often Monday night to beat the Beloit Snappers 8-1 in a rain-shortened game on the road.… MORE
IWU softball in NCAA Tournament; seven Titans all-conference
Kat McCreery’s post-season record, as far as making the NCAA Division III Tournament, remained perfect Monday when Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team received an at-large berth.… MORE
Lynch jailed on sexual assault allegation
Former Illinois State basketball player Reggie Lynch, now at the University of Minnesota, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: May 9, 2016
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Redbird baseball scores walk-off win over Bradley
Owen Miller had to avoid not one, but two tag attempts at the plate to score the game-winning run in Illinois State’s 4-3 walk-off win over visiting Bradley Sunday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Illinois State finalizes roster, juco wing Clayton
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball program has filled its final scholarship for the 2016-17 season with the addition of 6-foot-6, 185 pound guard D.J. Clayton from Palm Beach State.… MORE
Redbird softball falls in regular season finale at UNI
Shannon Felde drove in the tying run in the top of the sixth inning, but UNI answered in the bottom half of the frame to defeat the Illinois State softball team, 2-1, in the regular season finale Sunday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.… MORE
Thunder even conference final series
The Bloomington Thunder are attempting to rewrite a fairytale.… 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…