By Greg Halbleib An Intercity rivalry highlights the second week of local high school football. The annual Week 2 match-up between Central Catholic and U-High takes place tonight at Hancock Stadium. Central Catholic lost a tough 10-7 opening contest at home to Washington while U-High pulled away from Urbana 38-16. “I don’t even have to…… MORE
Brooks Carey, the field manager of the West Division Champion Normal CornBelters was voted the Frontier League Manager of the Year on Thursday afternoon.… MORE
Illinois State enters the 2015 football season with perhaps more anticipation than ever before, coming off an FCS Championship Game appearance.… MORE
Norm Eash’s 2015 Titans will be long on experience and – he hopes – short on memory.… MORE
It was a good news, bad news scenario for Illinois Wesleyan’s football team a year ago.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters say former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen will manage the team on Wednesday when Brooks Carey serves a one-game suspension.… MORE
The Illinois State soccer team fell to TCU, 2-0, Sunday at Adelaide Street Field.… MORE
University High School’s football team extended its regular season winning streak to 29 with a 38-16 victory at Urbana, while Normal Community and Normal West had successful trips to Belleville.… MORE
The Illinois State volleyball team was topped by host Miami in straight sets on the first day of the Hurricane Invitational Friday at the James L. Knight Sports Complex. … MORE
The Illinois State soccer team defeated Milwaukee, 3-1, and head coach Eric Golz won his first match as a collegiate head coach after being hired in January. … 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…