Senior Brechelle Beachum scored 20 of her game-high 23 points in the second half, and sophomore Katrina Beck added a career-high 19 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Illinois State women’s basketball team to a come-from-behind 63-51 victory over Loyola Chicago in Missouri Valley Conference action Sunday on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Wichita State men’s basketball outscored Illinois State 22-2 to start the second half and put the game out of reach as the Shockers beat the Redbirds, 86-45.… MORE
An Illinois State football recruit has been arrested on rape charges in Jefferson City, Mo.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters have announced former Chicago Cub and Hall-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg is coming to the Corn Crib this season.… MORE
Paris Lee recorded a game-high 18 points and dished out five assists to lead ISU to a 57-51 win over UNI Wednesday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
By Eric Stock DECATUR – Brady Rose scored 15 points and Nick Coleman added 14 as Illinois Wesleyan overcame a sluggish first half to defeat Millikin, 65-53, at the Griswold Center. Korbin Farmer’s baseline jumped with five seconds remaining in the half gave the Big Blue a 24-22 lead at the intermission, which would be…… MORE
By Bryan Bloodworth NORMAL- Illinois State football coach Brock Spack termed this year’s recruiting class another strong one. Spack announced the signing of 22 players, including one mid-year transfer and one walk-on, Wednesday, the first day high school seniors could officially sign letters of intent. “Things went well. We’re pretty happy the way things worked…… MORE
MiKyle McIntosh’s status for Wednesday’s game against Northern Iowa at Redbird Arena is up in the air, according to Illinois State coach Dan Muller.… MORE
Illinois State’s football program figures to sign 18 to 22 players in this year’s recruiting class Wednesday on the first day of the spring signing period for high school seniors.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball sophomore forward Phil Fayne is the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league announced Monday.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…