Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Men’s College Basketball– Illinois State 58, Evansville 46 (Phil Fayne 20 points to lead ISU, surpasses 1,000 career points) Boys High School Basketball– Normal West 49, Edwardsville 27 (Highland Shootout) Bloomington 79, East St. Louis 63 (Highland Shootout) Normal Community 78, Oswego East 63 (St.…… MORE
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Illinois State junior guard TeTe Maggett has swept the Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball weekly awards.… MORE
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Scoreboard sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan: Wednesday’s high school basketball scores: State Farm Holiday Classic (complete tournament scores and schedule here): Small School Boys– Central Catholic 67, Tri-Valley 53 Providence St. Mel 80, Olympia 25 El Paso-Gridley 64, Winnebago 55 Fieldcrest 59, Kankakee Bishop McNamara 47 Large School Boys– U-High 54, Zion-Benton 52…… MORE
WJBC-AM 1230 and WJBC.com will broadcast six games on Wednesday from the State Farm Holiday Classic. … 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…