Reed Hoskins has been named as the new offensive coordinator, recruiter and strength coach for the Illinois Wesleyan football team, IWU head coach Norm Eash announced today.… MORE
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Chiefs blown out at home
The Peoria Chiefs were blown out by the Bowling Green Hot Rods 11-2 on Wednesday afternoon in front of the largest crowd of the season.… MORE
Katie Ehlen named Director of Basketball Operations
The Illinois State women’s basketball program has named Katie Ehlen its new Director of Basketball Operations, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Barb Smith.… MORE
ISU AD ‘frustrated’ by Auburn’s sudden hiring of Dollar
The sudden departure of Chad Dollar from Dan Muller’s basketball coaching staff at Illinois State came as a surprise to the Redbirds.… MORE
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19 NCHS student-athletes to sign Wednesday
Normal Community High School has scheduled a signing ceremony at the school on Wednesday as 19 student athletes plan to formally declare their college intentions.… MORE
Chiefs allow 2 homers, lose to Hot Rods
The Peoria Chiefs allowed a pair of two-run home runs and lost game two of their three-game series against the Bowling Green Hot Rods 4-2 on Tuesday night. … MORE
Mahomet-Seymour’s Romine transfers to ISU
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball program has just one scholarship remaining for the 2016-17 season with the addition of 6-foot-9 Christian Romine.… MORE
State Farm Holiday Classic announces scholarship winnners
The Classic Tournament, Inc., which organizes one of the largest, coed high school holiday basketball tournaments in the nation called the State Farm Holiday Classic, has selected four winners as recipients of the 2016 Holiday Classic Scholarship 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…