The Peoria Chiefs ended a three-game losing skid Monday night beating the Bowling Green Hot Rods 5-4. … MORE
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Beesley named MVC baseball Player of the Week
Illinois State senior outfielder Sean Beesley has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.… MORE
WJBC Athletes of the Week: May 2, 2016
WJBC, in partnership with Frontier Communications and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
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Miller leads Redbirds to extra-inning win over Evansville
Owen Miller matched a career high with four hits – none bigger than a two-run, go-ahead single in the top of the 10th inning – as the Illinois State baseball team scored an 8-6 Missouri Valley Conference win over host Evansville Sunday at Charles H. Braun Stadium.… MORE
Chiefs drop doubleheader at Lake County
The Peoria Chiefs were shutout for the second time in five games and swept by the Lake County Captains 4-0 in game two of Sunday’s doubleheader. … MORE
UPDATE: Coprich signs with Giants
Former Illinois State runningback Marshaun Coprich will continue his football career in Minnesota.… MORE
Pair of Redbirds land undrafted NFL chances
No Illinois State football players had their names called during the NFL Draft, but a few have been given a chance as undrafted free agents.… MORE
Thunder even series with Saints
With their backs against the wall for the second straight Game 2, the Bloomington Thunder responded on the road to split the weekend.… 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…