For the seventh straight year, the Illinois Wesleyan football team has been picked to finish third in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) football standings according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced Thursday, August 11.… MORE
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack’s message was clear and to the point Wednesday at the team’s annual media day festivities at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan men’s soccer team was selected to finish seventh in the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s soccer standings according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced Wednesday, August 10.… MORE
The New Orleans Saints are giving former Illinois State long snapper Chris Highland a second shot.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan has been picked to win the 2016 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) volleyball title according to a conference-wide preseason coaches’ poll announced on Tuesday. … MORE
Central Illinois native Ryan Held has become a national celebrity after his gold medal win in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and his tearful reaction as he stood on the medal stand.… MORE
The Illinois State football team is once again ranked nationally heading into a new season, as the Redbirds were ranked No. 10 Monday in the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25.… MORE
Chinea delivers three RBI with three hits in 7-4 victory.… MORE
By Adam Studzinski CHICAGO – The Chicago Bears might be on the lookout for a new starting center after Family Fest at Soldier Field on Saturday. Center Hroniss Grasu left the scrimmage with a knee injury he suffered near the sidelines while the starting offense looked to execute a screen pass. “I don’t know the…… MORE
The Chicago Bears receiving corps isn’t missing a beat, despite a few injuries so far during training camp in Bourbonnais.… 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…